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Thanks for the advice Brian, If I am so paint these, I will be heavily priming them with acid etch. I will take your advice on board when considering the surface preparation. I am guessing painting aluminium can be so much hassle that leaving the parts as bare metal is easier but still looks...

Not sure how but I have left a [\URL] in somewhere, cant see where but never mind.

Been on holiday between my rotation so only spent 3 days at home in the last 6 weeks prior to Thursday there. Just a wee update to stop the thread stagnating, no huge progression. Got around 3 hours on it today as I was busy tidying up and improving the lighting around the garage. There's...

Well after having a couple of months off enjoying the sun I got the itch and decided to continue with the build. I broke myself in gently enough. Not going to go into too much detail as not a great deal has been done but probably put another 6-8 hours in and the frame rear is starting to take...

Lots of patience, good job. Thanks for sharing. Earl

Tremendous Rudy, thanks for the input! Cheers again Earl

Thanks Rudy, did you need to acid etch primer it first? And can you provide more information on the type of paint you used? Cheers Earl

Keeping my eye on this one Brian.

Quick hit, Just to finish off the most of this frame front, I do have the base mounting holes to drill, along with the holes for the lubricator but I will get those done later on once I have some other pieces made up and a base decided on. I have to say, my plan is to paint these British...

Little bit more progression this time - chipping away, would like to get this piece laid to rest tomorrow! Onwards! Setting up for cutting the radius: Award for the most tragic photo: You can see by the shavings I was being incredibly conservative with the depth of cut, moving the table...

A little counter sinking to aid tapping it in with the toffee hammer. .220 dialed in. Decided to colour the piece in purple as it would have been impossible to find even with all the swarf if it fell. Overall pretty happy with the bodge. It will be filled in sanded and painted...

Ok so, back home after a quick week away with work. Got pretty much straight back into it. Spoiler - I had another challenge with the frame front. However I think I have adequately worked around the issue... After some thought, and a change of plan, as mentioned earlier. I wanted to remove the...

Part of me thought about doing something like this too. I kind of wish I had but I don't really have anythign thinner than a 18 thou slitting saw (could have shimmed it though). I have found that any time I try to execute a "better" idea of my own, I find out there is a reason it was designed a...

Hello mate, Have you tried modelling this up in CAD yourself? I only ask as this always helps me when I can't get my head around a 2D drawing. You can query any dimension then, and always go back to take another look at any point. Cheers Earl

Just having a look over this post and it goes to show that taking a break and looking over your progress can help reevaluate the method you have planned. Change of plan with this first cut... Earl

Well my gut said to just start again so that's what happened - I am not where I would like to be but I did more than I expected today. Apologies if some of this feels like Top Gear on Dave. Whilst I was starting again squaring off the stock, I decided to square off 3 sides of the remaining...

I will sleep on it and see how I feel tomorrow. Early start for a big day. Cut today short after realising this error in order to get everything recharged for a big shift. Generating that 440v 3 phase (for the mill) really takes its toll on the setup... Lets see what tomorrow brings... Cheers...

Yeah im mostly keeping it imperial but it is definitely going to end up a hybrid :cool:

Thanks for speaking sense Mike! Oddly, she never has much interest in my hobby but her immediate reaction was exactly what you just said. Why potentially waste more time and then its still a write off! Now I have done it all once it should be quicker the second time round. Lessons learned! It...

This puppy has been waiting for its moment! Measuring up the required depth of cut and setting the DTI The final cut, again managed to get the diameter cock on and the depth of cut just shy of perfect at 1.803"...... This is where I made a right howler! Happy with the finish of the bore...