Wish I had your skills. Had to change the door beams on my Excel a couple of years ago and it for an awful faf.. Hope I never have to again. We'll done 👍
Fiddly work but satisfying. Nice to see you finding some time for the Excel. Did you consider making alloy pins and hard anodising them yourself? A bit of a learning curve but it can be done without huge outlay or complicated equipment. Facing a similar issue with motorcycle swing arm spindle that has 4 x needle roller bearings running on hardened sleeves but no means of lubrication without complete disassembly.
No, I'm an ex electronics engineer (self taught). Toolmakers clamps are a common apprentice piece, but that one was a commercially made Eclipse. I have several sizes and at least one pair are shop made.
Wish I had your skills. Had to change the door beams on my Excel a couple of years ago and it for an awful faf.. Hope I never have to again. We'll done 👍
I wish I had Paul's skills too Andy! :-)
I envy your work area
I've been steadily expanding my facilities for the last 30 years.
Fiddly work but satisfying. Nice to see you finding some time for the Excel. Did you consider making alloy pins and hard anodising them yourself? A bit of a learning curve but it can be done without huge outlay or complicated equipment. Facing a similar issue with motorcycle swing arm spindle that has 4 x needle roller bearings running on hardened sleeves but no means of lubrication without complete disassembly.
Decorative Anodising isn't too hard, but functional coatings are more difficult.
Are you ex British Aerospace? That clamp looks very much like the ones we made in apprentice training.
No, I'm an ex electronics engineer (self taught). Toolmakers clamps are a common apprentice piece, but that one was a commercially made Eclipse. I have several sizes and at least one pair are shop made.