Today in the workshop .....

[Cato]

As the Kickback Magazine + Custom Show is four weeks today I need to free up a ramp and get a wriggle on with the RF1000.

 

[Cato]

A little more crank bench action with a press plate upgrade that fits like a glove. It's getting there now.

 

[Cato]

I'm waiting on parts (3TA clutch, R6 plugs, bolts for the crank bench etc) so finally getting on with some RF1000 bit's. Dug out some scruffy frame plugs to keep the look, made the top rear engine bolt spacers, check the suspension bolt torques etc.

 

[Cato]

Fit. Check. Remove. Adjust. Repeat.

Got to make sure all that K5 goodness is hidden away.

 

[Cato]

Has anyone ever in the history of engineering used a full tin of Blue? Stuff lasts longer than valve grinding paste.

 

[Morris]

I've had my tin of micrometer blue since I was 18 (72 now). It wasn't new then, I inherited in the contents of an uncle's tool cabinet. He was a toolmaker by trade and had made good use of it.

 

[Cato]

I've had my tin of micrometer blue since I was 18 (72 now). It wasn't new then, I inherited in the contents of an uncle's tool cabinet. He was a toolmaker by trade and had made good use of it.

I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.

 

[Melvyn Best]

I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.

That’s the only reason I got a new tin to replace my 50odd year old tin. My 1/2pint tin of valve grinding paste that I acquired used around 1970 will see me out

 

[Dapph2]

I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.

Add a few drops of thin oil to the hardened cake and put the lid back on ?

 

[Nomad]

I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.

.. or lost during house moves I also had to put my hand in my pocket for a valve grinding tool this time (old school stick with rubber suckers..)

 

[JEZGUZ]

I've managed to acquire at least 3 tins over the years, same with Copaslip.