Diamant_Don
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Massively impressive result there!
Massively impressive result there!
Mech Pimping For Cheapskates
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Martin Rattler
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That’s a great result torqueless, and that looks to be an attractive quality component. I am seriously impressed! Just think what you could do with machine tools. What’s the next project?
That’s a great result torqueless, and that looks to be an attractive quality component. I am seriously impressed! Just think what you could do with machine tools. What’s the next project?
Ian Raleigh
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A few orders from the RB crew who wants a custom blingy rear mech' makingMartin Rattler":1gi2fe0z said:
torqueless
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Well...thanks, but I must be realistic. Except as a therapeutic aesthetic excercise, IMO this was a failure. It photographs OK, from some angles....The main body of the mech is still as functional as it ever was, the hand-made pulley-cage is functional, but joining them together securely to make a derailleur I'd actually use on a bike- without anxiety- is beyond my expertise.
I spent some further time putting as accurate a face on all the mating parts of the join as I could. I even got access to a pillar-drill to do both sides of the cage, but with the existing parts there is simply not enough mechanical resistance between them to resist the torque of the allen key sufficiently to be able to release the bolt at the other end of the barrel.
Mechanical soundness comes first, otherwise it goes on the mantle-piece, if you've got one..
Well...thanks, but I must be realistic. Except as a therapeutic aesthetic excercise, IMO this was a failure. It photographs OK, from some angles....The main body of the mech is still as functional as it ever was, the hand-made pulley-cage is functional, but joining them together securely to make a derailleur I'd actually use on a bike- without anxiety- is beyond my expertise.
I spent some further time putting as accurate a face on all the mating parts of the join as I could. I even got access to a pillar-drill to do both sides of the cage, but with the existing parts there is simply not enough mechanical resistance between them to resist the torque of the allen key sufficiently to be able to release the bolt at the other end of the barrel.
Mechanical soundness comes first, otherwise it goes on the mantle-piece, if you've got one..
Bryncrug72
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