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wiggybum
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Re: New Toy

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So what work of art did I undertake as my first job? Cill? Wing? Is it as was described of the Lorch - about as hard as squeezing toothpaste? Hard to say having only used about 2 feet of wire extracting a sheared bolt from a GT6 fuel tank mounting.

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Julian, were you inspired by the latest instalment of Project Binky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0wMIF6EPfY
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Finished with Main Engines and Steering....

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Checked, it is the 32A flavour. Good to question where safety is concerned.

£658 + vat just for the welder. Came out just over a grand by the time I'd added mask, wire & gas. Well on the way to Lorch money in the end but R-tech are 25 mins away rather than Germany.
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Came out just over a grand by the time I'd added mask, wire & gas. Well on the way to Lorch money in the end but R-tech are 25 mins away rather than Germany.[/quote]


Are you using Hobbygas or renting? Nearest stockist is in Monmouth if you're interested.
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wiggybum wrote:Julian, were you inspired by the latest instalment of Project Binky:
No, a couple of friends visited the weekend the Tour of Britain started one of whome used to be a machine shop engineer. I asked his advice as the lip you can see here prevented me drilling it out
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Even the dentist drill attachment on a dremel is too fat to alight along the axis of the bolt. I did smile when I saw the same trick in the binky vid.
wiggybum wrote:Are you using Hobbygas or renting? Nearest stockist is in Monmouth if you're interested.
I got an Argon5 10L/2000L bottle. Outright purchase on the bottle so only gas cost at refill time.
1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.
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