Engineering advice required

That plating company I linked for RD bores must be able to do something
nice. Some plain old DIY galvanising should do though, not under any
stress are they?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

No need, dear boy. We're quite well supplied in the carbide tooling
department at the moment. 3mm's a bit tiddly, I'll have to **** about a
bit with a travelling steady probably.

An *ideal* solution would be for that nice Mr Bonwick to pop over at
some point and have a go at it. You get the parts, I get a lesson.
Bonners gets... gratitude. :^)

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

I'll make the Tea and warm the crumpet

 

'Hog said...

Bring the same crumpet and I'll be quite happy to take over the warming
while you make us a nice cuppa tea.

 

Swapsies

Can't you get some nice big stainless R clips to suit the callipers.
Chandlers perhaps?

 

'Hog said...

I want neat. I should imagine the ones a chandler would have would be a
little too agricultural for my svelte velocipede.

 

How about SS clevis pins
http://marinestore.co.uk/page/mrst/CTGY/clips-r-clevis-pins-rings/

 

Who's going to do the teabagging?

 

'Hog said...

That's a better solution, if I could get them long enough in a 1/8" dia
to go all the way through and still leave enough to put a small R-clip
through to retain them. The pins aren't under any braking stresses, they
just stop the pads falling through the bottom of the caliper.

 

Rusty Hinge 2 said...

That'd be nice. They need to retain a modicum of springiness to keep
them in place. I'll get a photo of one sitting alongside a rule so you
can judge the approx size.

 

I believe BGN will be sorting you out.

Isn't it sad how PC's years of duty in here have been so quickly
overshadowed by the young upstart.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

I believe Brother Champion will find that the proposed crumpet-warming
is to be conducted in the garage. Since he is a nesh woofter, he will -
naturally - be found in the kitchen, thereby disqualifying himself.

--
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public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Champ said...

Who said you've got a monopoly on this kind of thing?

I can do crumpet warming as well as any other man.

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel said...

Nice reply, and so very true.

 

Lozzo wrote

<sigh> I dunno, kids today eh, no wonder the wimmin are turning queer.

I don't do warming crumpet, I am old fashioned, I like it smoking hot.

 

steve auvache said...

You'd have it straight out of the freezer, you old gimmer.

 

Lozzo wrote

I'd microwave it first though.

 

steve auvache said...

Any attempt to do it manually would kill you.

 

The message <>

Springiness is OK - I've made plenty of replacement springs for antique
guns and things like powder flasks. It's just a matter of going over to
my lockup and getting the molten lead bath.

 

*snort*