Da funk is this...

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Okey dokey spokey Okey!

Jobs left....
Gear shifter....🙄. ....it is started!!!
Saddle.....hmmmm
The big buff...all of it...shinier than a shining shiny thing from shinysville!
Peddles..
Toggle chain coupler....tricky little thing...can see why sturmey archer have stuck with the same thing for donkeys years...it works...but! ...I want something neater 😁

So cos I'm not in the mood for making a shifter.....my sheds too hot....the winds blowing from the south east...it's Friday....and and I don't like purple....so there's enough reasons to no make the shifter right!?

Peddles it is then....

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Let's see if we can jazz em up a little ✌️
This won't take long....🤣
 
An early start with the sparra's fart....
And a bit more this afternoon.....
And we have one job off the list 👍

We have peddles.....

So this morning strip the paint off the cages...what a chore 🙄
Beat em around a bit and back in to shape they are! Wet flat and a polish and looking shiny shin vicious 😁

This afternoon some reprofiling of the bodies a polish and a buff then retapped the threads for some nicer stainless countersunk bolts,
new bearings and they're spinning like a top ✌️

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But no dust caps!!!! 🙄

Not a problem ...so I got Mr Winfield the lathe out of retirement and got him to rattle some little aluminium push fit caps out...he's a good old boy turned out lovely...

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And popped em where they belonged...

Jubbly 😁

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Hello good evening and welcome...
To nothing much...
A no holds barred gear shifter..
With the lovely touch...

It's happening...you non believers!
Still a long way to go....
But...
Cable track/groove and nipple housing done...
Slight cam action to reduce throw...👍
A bearing and a spring awaits....clicky clicky very tricky 😆 that bits going to be fun....

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Because it's hot and I'm not bothered too much ...
Let's deal with the ergonomics first.....

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Thumb action and index finger action....small petite light and hopefully as unseen as possible under the bar....well that's the idea anyway!

Think I've earnt a beer....maybe I do some more...maybe I won't 😁
 
So when I did my apprenticeship I had two bosses one really cool...he used to say never be scared of making a mistake....cos' then you'll get it right the next time!
The other boss was pretty blunt....it's $h!t Mick.....do it again....

So I messed up the cam action...
I blame the heat...😆......wanted it to come on cam pushing forward....that's not what I've got!

So....let's do it again....and better ✌️

New improved cable track for a much better fit no cable squirm gonna happen in there!
No cam action...bye bye...bigger diameter that'll give more pull for less push.
And found a much better bolt ....with a nice little extra register under the head....there'll be no slack or wobble in this shifter 👍

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And a start on the clamp/mount....might hear some clicky sounds tonight 😁

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