BikerGran
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« Reply #510 on: June 17, 2015, 09:01:48 PM » |
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I think they're fine and after all, once the build is finished and on the road you can always change anything that bugs you - and if it doesn't - don't!
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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Manky Monkey
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« Reply #511 on: June 17, 2015, 09:27:40 PM » |
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Wise words Bobbi!
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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« Reply #512 on: June 18, 2015, 06:15:07 AM » |
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I think they're fine and after all, once the build is finished and on the road you can always change anything that bugs you - and if it doesn't - don't!
True, except unlike steel, once you drill holes in aluminium bodywork, it's not easy to get rid of them.  I didn't know that's what they're called, but I've got 2 on my welding trolley.
Yep, though the term 'footman loop' seems to be going out of use. Think it comes from when a footman would use straps to hold down luggage. Didn't you have them on the XS battery box ? There is also a narrower, taller, 'coachman loop' that looks like a pipe saddle hoop. Decided to go with the hand made guides (because they are different) but will need cast staples at the ends (and possibly for the tensioners) for their greater strength. |
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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triker_Chewie
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« Reply #513 on: June 18, 2015, 07:23:11 AM » |
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I think they're fine and after all, once the build is finished and on the road you can always change anything that bugs you - and if it doesn't - don't!
True, except unlike steel, once you drill holes in aluminium bodywork, it's not easy to get rid of them. more rivits! |
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #514 on: June 18, 2015, 08:05:16 AM » |
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"Pipe saddle hoop"?
Yup,got them on my bike & also on the fuel tank of my Pop.
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« Reply #515 on: June 18, 2015, 08:31:10 AM » |
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Sorry, poor description I know. A hoop of metal used to secure pipes to walls etc.
This is a coachman loop.
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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« Reply #516 on: June 18, 2015, 10:35:02 AM » |
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Known as school or classroom clips in pipe fitters circles. I have a few 2" clips left from a job.
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« Reply #517 on: June 18, 2015, 12:55:15 PM » |
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we used them to attach rigging to yatch masts. we called them "potterheigham bridges" due to the fact they looked like it and we were on the norfolk broads!!!!
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« Reply #518 on: June 18, 2015, 03:05:23 PM » |
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Used in classic cars for door check straps. I used them on my A to provide load tie downs when screwed into the steel bed edges.
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« Reply #520 on: June 19, 2015, 07:03:21 AM » |
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Let us know how you get on with this. There are certainly areas that I could use this on. Think Land Rover panels are made from NS4 alloy which is supposedly easier to gas weld anyway.
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
The answer to most problems, fire and lots of it.
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« Reply #521 on: June 19, 2015, 07:50:31 PM » |
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tried it on some scrap using a mapp gas torch and it worked very well and i rushed it,i had to move it back and forth aggerssively to break it apart but i didn't tin it first so think it may not have broken at all if i had tinned it
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« Reply #522 on: June 20, 2015, 02:50:08 PM » |
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Dragged the speedster out of the garage for the first time today, so I could get some decent pics.
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
The answer to most problems, fire and lots of it.
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« Reply #523 on: June 20, 2015, 02:56:29 PM » |
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Sitting a little low at the back. First time I've seen it on the flat, as the garage floor slopes, but I need to rebuild the springs anyway.
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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« Reply #524 on: June 20, 2015, 02:57:45 PM » |
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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