I ordered 20 metres of 42 mm steel tube ‘circular hollow section’ from Brundles Monday night, it arrived 10a, this morning.Almost there.
Just a bit of finishing off.
She's a good 'un.
Thats nice, looks like its had a bit of use?A cheat I know, but somebody fixed this for me
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jammed 1/4" bspt fusible plug.
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And this is how Tom got easy access to the fire box crown.
I made a start on my 'false' roof to cover the original to try and keep the moisture from dripping on the workshop equipment![]()
CHS won’t bend tidy more than a few degrees,you want seamless and decent mandrels.I ordered 20 metres of 42 mm steel tube ‘circular hollow section’ from Brundles Monday night, it arrived 10a, this morning.
Now I need design a frame, and to see if my Chinesium bender will actually put nice bends in it.
I could do some sort of Ducati like space frame, all straight sections, but I prefer the olde worlde bent tube look.