Mech Pimping For Cheapskates

[Bryncrug72]

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A hand brace, files and a vice ! love it !
keep up the good work !

 

[Nob]

no more drillium involved then so if not then some nice engraving would look good once the shape has been filed drilled & polished ?

 

[torqueless]

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Well, if there's a point to this thread, I guess that's it- that it's possible to (hopefully) make something nice out of discarded old junk, using a bare minimum of more or less obsolete handtools.

Used the more or less finalised outer plate outline as a template for filing the inner plate. Shown on a 50mm square, FWIW:

 

[Hillwalker]

Coming along very nicely. Watching and continuing to enjoy and be impressed with your progress so far!

HW

 

[torqueless]

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Thanks DavidT, ajm, Bryncrug72, Hillwalker... but watch me squirm when it comes time to locate a Suntour-flavoured pulley-bolt! I spotted two likely looking stainless steel bolts in the roadkill zone just a few hours ago, as it happens. At least, I think they were stainless steel. However, I am a firm believer in subjecting gift horses to a thorough oral examination, so those bolts can stay there in their gutter until I am convinced of their a) availability and b) oxidisation resistance. I don't just pick things up off the street you know! If some other organism gets to them first, then their need is patently greater than mine....

 

[Ian Raleigh]

Blimey this is more than impressive for a home made part, keep it up mate.

You going to polish the parts up or get them anodised ??

 

[torqueless]

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I will be performing the 'ritual of the sore black fingers' at some point, if all goes well- you know? After that, they can anodise themselves... or not..

 

[Diamant_Don]

Been keeping up with progress... but all's gone decidedly quiet! Are you there yet, torqueless, and if so - pics!

 

[torqueless]

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Not there yet- Some more pics anyway:


I thought it was about time I fished out my Campag. NR to check out the cage dimensions. It's wise to work from a good model, and a wiser person than me would have had it to hand before they started..

In the picture, a measurement taken from the width of the NR cage 'ribs'. I will work down my cage plates to the same dimension, not that they're far off ATM- less than half a mm.

I also did some more filing on the bottom pivot casting- mainly on the back of it, getting into all the internal angles and rounding them off. This is not merely cosmetic- it will make it easier to keep clean.

 

[Woz]

Proper looking vernier that, unlike the battery gone dead one I've just insulted.