That US cleaner looks a handy size. Where did you get it from?Had a rummage in the cleaning cupboard at home last night and dug out the oven cleaner......
Anodising stripped nicely ready for either full on polish or some sort of brushed finish (if I can achieve it well enough).
All the other brake lever parts in the ultrasonic cleaner to prep them for re-assembly....
Good old / bad old Amazon. (Depending on your viewpoint).
Ahh! No wonder you do such good, precision work. Especially getting seat posts out.Good old / bad old Amazon. (Depending on your viewpoint).
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Relatively cheap for what it is - had it bought for me as a pressie - primarily for doing this type of work......
Thought I'd give it a whirl with the smaller bike parts. Watching the grime float off in clouds is quite mesmerising......especially on a 50 year old watch bracelet. (The thought of it being 50 years of dead skin flakes is a little disturbing)
Haven't delved into rebuilding watch movements quite yet - just the stuff around them........cases, hands etc. Working on something as small as a watch movement is bonkers......and amazing that all those parts function for years sat on your wrist. I find them fascinating......
Time for another tin of elbow grease methinks.So.... failed in the quest for finding another brake nipple barrel, and as it was holding up build progress I got one made.
Pressed into the lever - seems to work well. Both levers cleaned up and built up ready to fit.
Next - the derailleurs! Filth.
