Caustic Soda to melt stuck seatpost: COMPLETED!! (see p.2)
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OK, as you're a fellow sufferer I've just taken out my replacement 94 O'Beam to measure it (I found an identical one, which was quite lucky as they're rare). It is 345mm from the rail to the end, so if yours is showing 190 to the rail, you have c155mm inside. I wouldn't like to say whether sawing that far down would be do-able. Obviously it would be a lot more difficult, but my 100mm was quite easy. It must depend on how long a metal-specific blade you could find - mine is only 162mm, which would be extremely marginal!mordorf":1jnutzau said:
samc
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@sherlylock - those bar ends look lovely! That's a good tip, using either oven cleaner or CS diluted to oven cleaner strength (about a quarter as strong as I was using) to remove anodising. Especially purple anodising 
@jamabikes - was it a tool for slicing into tube interiors? That would be handy! What did it look like? I tried buying a small holder for a fine-toothed hacksaw blade, but sawing just didn't remove material at any noticeable rate.
@jamabikes - was it a tool for slicing into tube interiors? That would be handy! What did it look like? I tried buying a small holder for a fine-toothed hacksaw blade, but sawing just didn't remove material at any noticeable rate.
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If you suddenly find you need large amounts of it and you cannot get it other cheaper ways
Go here
https://www.soapkitchenonline.co.uk/cgi ... 5#a1_21635
For Obeams and similar Kalloy/IRD/USE posts, try a long bar through the bolt bar first or as part of it.
Go here
https://www.soapkitchenonline.co.uk/cgi ... 5#a1_21635
For Obeams and similar Kalloy/IRD/USE posts, try a long bar through the bolt bar first or as part of it.
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Samc you should change your avatar to the corrosive warning symbol.
