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I need to free up a ramp and get a wriggle on with the RF1000.
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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.
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I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.
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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 outI 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 ?I reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.
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.. or lost during house movesI reckon they must only sell it when a tin gets squashed or left open and the blue dries out.
I also had to put my hand in my pocket for a valve grinding tool this time (old school stick with rubber suckers..)
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I bought a tin of copaslip when I first had my workshop in 1985. I remember wondering how long it would last me.
Well it’s nearly empty now!
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I got a tin of AluSlip Ages ago, now that's a multi-generational purchase.
..same here. I learned today whilst buying disks and pads for the car that it's no longer supposed to be used on brakes - so I have even LESS to use it on now...
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Well, made a bit more progress on the shiny tube front, I thought (wrongly it turns out) that I had loads of time between now and Thursday, Wrong, I need to go down to the big city tomorrow now so panic on I always forget something important when this happens. Anyhow whilst I was oblivious to the upcoming panic I got stuck in again, Swapped the barrel back round end for end and started to get into the "bad" end, the plan was to get underneath the inclusions, it was hard work and started with a ferocious howl:
It was bad:
Evil stuff was the swarf, red hot and razor sharp, hence the blurry bits, I wasn't hanging about:
perseverance was the name of the game and it paid off:
Then with the fixed steady adjusted up hard a facing cut or two:
Just have to finish the profiling off and then it's on to the Mill for a couple flats to weld the trunnions to.
It was bad:
Evil stuff was the swarf, red hot and razor sharp, hence the blurry bits, I wasn't hanging about:
perseverance was the name of the game and it paid off:
Then with the fixed steady adjusted up hard a facing cut or two:
Just have to finish the profiling off and then it's on to the Mill for a couple flats to weld the trunnions to.
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I had a tin of Never-Seez, blagged from work in the early 80s. Only finished it a couple of years ago and bought its replacement at some knockdown stock clearance price. The full price nearly made me blanch, and had put me off buying it for ages.
I used it very sparingly but was always glad it was there.
Copaslip has its place but the nickel based stuff is better in many applications.
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how strange my tin showed up a few days ago that i got given 55 years ago forgot i had .it was in the back of the cupboard used it when i was rebuilding motorbike and ford engines many moons agoHas anyone ever in the history of engineering used a full tin of Blue? Stuff lasts longer than valve grinding paste.
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