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« Reply #825 on: December 07, 2015, 03:03:46 PM » |
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« Reply #826 on: December 07, 2015, 05:13:33 PM » |
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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« Reply #827 on: December 07, 2015, 05:39:45 PM » |
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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« Reply #828 on: December 07, 2015, 05:51:17 PM » |
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« Reply #829 on: December 07, 2015, 06:13:42 PM » |
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« Reply #830 on: December 07, 2015, 06:19:43 PM » |
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« Reply #831 on: December 07, 2015, 06:52:41 PM » |
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« Reply #832 on: December 10, 2015, 11:43:49 AM » |
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Thanks Chris  After a year and four months searching, I finally have a set of wire wheels. Rims and spokes all look to be useable but I wont really know untill I get the paint stripped off. |
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« Reply #833 on: December 10, 2015, 12:13:40 PM » |
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I think that's what you call dogged determination  Are you going to use a large tin of Old's Elbow Grease to remove the paint or will you have them blasted? |
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« Reply #834 on: December 10, 2015, 01:44:31 PM » |
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 Probably a combination of the two. The paint is really thick so I will try to scrape and wire wheel most of the paint off, then finish with blasting. Just need to make a cabinet big enough to get the wheels in.
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« Reply #835 on: December 12, 2015, 04:11:44 PM » |
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OK, so forget shot blasting ! The wheels have been blasted before and the thick black paint turns out to be, under body or anti stone chip paint. This is somewhat resistant to blasting !  So it's a matter of using a blowtorch and scraper, then finishing off with paint stripper. Hate to do this with wire wheels and I will have to be very thorough in fully neutralising the stripper. |
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« Reply #836 on: December 12, 2015, 04:54:57 PM » |
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« Reply #837 on: December 12, 2015, 05:36:17 PM » |
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can you not have them chemically dipped?
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« Reply #838 on: December 12, 2015, 07:56:22 PM » |
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I could I suppose, but where would the fun be in that.
After all the aggravation of getting these wheels I am not letting them out of my sight. All work will be done here.
A lot of the spokes look suspect so will need to be replaced, but the rim, although pitted in places looks to be sound.
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« Reply #839 on: December 14, 2015, 09:36:07 AM » |
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Got the second wheel stripped of paint and It's obvious that all the spokes will need replacing so might as well put all new spokes every wheel.
36 spokes x 5 wheels will add up to a lot of cash if I have them specially made. Will make my own from straight blanks, so it looks like I will be doing a lot of spoke cutting, bending and thread rolling in the new year.
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