907
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 04:10 PM |
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Ally Bonnet
Hi All,
Made a start today and so far, so good.
The first problem is to put a bulge in the top to clear the Dellorto 45's.
Still needs rolling in the other direction to get rid of a few of the cross ways ridges,
but I can only do this after the 90 deg bends are formed. That's the next step.
I plan to form these around my argon bottle.
Paul G
 
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stevec
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 04:22 PM |
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Its looking good, but put the spliff out or you will get it all wrong.
Steve.
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907
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 05:41 PM |
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Te He
That's Gaz, my son, with the fag.
It's a bit of a large lump to swing about on your own so he's a big help.
Paul G
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t.j.
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 06:17 PM |
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Do you all have an english wheel at home to form ally? 
Looks nice to me.
I won't be able to form nice curvy things.
(prob. also not the skills  )
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907
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 09:07 PM |
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I do Theo, but only a home made one.
Still learning how to use it 
Paul G
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Trev D
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| posted on 26/12/06 at 09:18 PM |
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Excellent work Paul looking forward to seeing the end result. All the best Trev.
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907
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 12:09 PM |
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Slight hiccup
Mmmm.
The gas cylinder was too big a radius.
It's surprising how much spring back you get with half hard ally.
Mk 2 jig is wood down the middle of a cardboard carpet tube.
They are nice people at my local carpet warehouse. 
Works a treat.
Paul G
 
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907
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 12:15 PM |
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Getting there.
Now for a spot of trimming.
This is when I cut too much off and the air turns blue.
Paul G
 
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 04:33 PM |
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Paul, a great piece of ingenuity and resourcefullness in using the cardboard tube. I would never have thought of that, great stuff.
The bonnet looks like its all over bar the shouting and a great job too.
alb
John
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macnab
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 11:40 PM |
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Hi Paul,
Could you put a couple of pics of the home made english wheel and some off you doing the bulge bit. Are u doing louvers?
Cheers, Scott.
Oh yeah and how thick's the metal??
[Edited on 28/12/06 by macnab]
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907
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 12:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macnab
Hi Paul,
Could you put a couple of pics of the home made english wheel and some off you doing the bulge bit. Are u doing louvers?
Cheers, Scott.
Oh yeah and how thick's the metal??
Hi Scott
Top of my photo archive: "wheel" file. A few pics in there.
Tee Hee. It's a bit of a job to hold 1000 x 1600mm of sheet in the wheel and take a pic at the same time. lol.
No plans for louvers. Might go for a grill above the exhaust manifold if heat is a prob.
Metal thickness is 1.5 mm
atb
Paul G
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macnab
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 12:18 AM |
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Thanks Paul, I'll have a look.
Cheers, scott.
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macnab
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 02:22 PM |
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hmm couldn't see a pic of the wheel.
but that's one very fancy car!! very smart.
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907
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 03:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macnab
hmm couldn't see a pic of the wheel.
but that's one very fancy car!! very smart.
Thanks.
If you go to your own photo archive your 1st pic is "2homer".
Above that is a box that says "scott pics".
If you left click on "scott pics" it says "Archive empty"
This box is an additional photo file that you have named, but not put anything in.
There are also 3 blank boxes.
If you now go to my archive you will see that above my normal pic names I have 2 named boxes. (& 2 blank)
"cans" & "wheel"
Left click on "wheel", and it will open up a list of various pics of it.
Hope this helps.
Paul G
p.s. Where the **** is the B52
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 05:18 PM |
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Haven't they got a B52 at Duxford ?, sorry couldn't resist it . Looking good Paul
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macnab
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| posted on 29/12/06 at 09:07 PM |
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yeah ok its not a b52  (yes there's a b52 getting restored at Duxford)
I always think of planes proper names rather than numbers (same with cars, stuggle with volvo models..)
I'll have a go at looking at these wheel pictures, thanks
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907
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 05:08 PM |
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Hi All,
TrevD came over today for an inspection. Ooerr
He put his expertise to good use and we finished off the bulge.
It's now nearly as big as the other one in the pic.
I am deeply indebted to him.
ATB
Paul G
 
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