Swiss build - FINISHED PHOTO OF THE 'TWINS'

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

team47b wrote:

Sweeeeeet. Do you have a secret polishing technique or is it just lots of Solvol and elbow grease?

Spinach, Popeye, spinach.

team47b

Metal file to take off the casting seams and accident damage 350 grade wet n dry followed by 600 then 1000 copious amounts of liquid are essential I usually choose red wine although beer might do if it's hot and then a quick rub down with Autosol, avoid spinach on aluminium save it for chrome polishing

Oh and plenty of time, a hammock, sunshine etc :roll:

pinno

team47b wrote:

Metal file to take off the casting seams and accident damage 350 grade wet n dry followed by 600 then 1000 copious amounts of liquid are essential I usually choose red wine although beer might do if it's hot and then a quick rub down with Autosol, avoid spinach on aluminium save it for chrome polishing

Oh and plenty of time, a hammock, sunshine etc :roll:

Well that's piddled on my 'wind MF up' chips.

It took me 5 hours to polish a set of Chorus cranks once. Same method of abrasive reduction except I used soap with my wet and dry - ordinary hard hand soap. Do you use that?

team47b

I use soap with wet n dry on the car on paint/between coats as it stops the paper clogging with paint dust.

Lemon juice on aluminium is good, just rub a fresh cut lemon over the surface to remove oxidation, and a pickled Gerkin with a side slice slid over a chain removes the oil.

team47b

No post today...



Just checking you're paying attention

pinno

A mixer tap :roll:

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

team47b wrote:

Metal file to take off the casting seams and accident damage 350 grade wet n dry followed by 600 then 1000 copious amounts of liquid are essential I usually choose red wine although beer might do if it's hot and then a quick rub down with Autosol, avoid spinach on aluminium save it for chrome polishing

Oh and plenty of time, a hammock, sunshine etc :roll:

Well that's piddled on my 'wind MF up' chips.

It took me 5 hours to polish a set of Chorus cranks once. Same method of abrasive reduction except I used soap with my wet and dry - ordinary hard hand soap. Do you use that?

I've just a 1/4 of a Shimano crank with Solvol, an old towel and a glass of rose. Took 15 mins and after a bottle of wine and two segments of Back To The Future it looks like it's got potential.

Matthewfalle

team47b wrote:

No post today...



Just checking you're paying attention

Flux capacitor.

team47b

You can buy stuff that's already shiny - who knew

Plumbing tomorrow and fixing some strange v brakes on a friend's suspended mountain heap thingy! Water pipes, gas pipes, much of a muchness really

Back to Swiss lovelyness on Monday.

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

Pinno wrote:

team47b wrote:

Metal... :roll:

Well that's piddled on my 'wind MF up' chips.

It...that?

I've just a 1/4 of a Shimano crank with Solvol, an old towel and a glass of rose. Took 15 mins and after a bottle of wine and two segments of Back To The Future it looks like it's got potential.

You said it - 'potential' but that's about it.

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Pinno wrote:

team47b wrote:

Metal... :roll:

Well that's piddled on my 'wind MF up' chips.

It...that?

I've just a 1/4 of a Shimano crank with Solvol, an old towel and a glass of rose. Took 15 mins and after a bottle of wine and two segments of Back To The Future it looks like it's got potential.

You said it - 'potential' but that's about it.

Well, with two sequels, a multi award winning cast and an almost classical status in modern cinema history, I would edge my bets on more than just potential.

The cranks themselves can just sit semi polished on the workbench for the next17 years or so......

Matthewfalle

team47b wrote:

You can buy stuff that's already shiny - who knew

Plumbing tomorrow and fixing some strange v brakes on a friend's suspended mountain heap thingy! Water pipes, gas pipes, much of a muchness really

Back to Swiss lovelyness on Monday.

Make with your hands, not your wallet.

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Pinno wrote:

team47b wrote:

Metal... :roll:

Well that's piddled on my 'wind MF up' chips.

It...that?

I've just a 1/4 of a Shimano crank with Solvol, an old towel and a glass of rose. Took 15 mins and after a bottle of wine and two segments of Back To The Future it looks like it's got potential.

You said it - 'potential' but that's about it.

Well, with two sequels, a multi award winning cast and an almost classical status in modern cinema history, I would edge my bets on more than just potential.

The cranks themselves can just sit semi polished on the workbench for the next17 years or so......

Store them in a barrel of grease and sing Ave Maria every time you walk past the barrel.

team47b

Two postal arrivals today

One from wiggle, luckily no haribo, 'open tubulars' ( :roll: ) to 'match' the vittoria tubulars on my bike, ooo they're lovely

pinno

I have the Open Corsa CX's. They're good.

team47b

Note I have tyres but no wheels yet :roll:

And post delivery number 2...a pair of NOS 70's brake cables, including noddy plastic ferrules, I will lose those, all I need to do is to get some intensive uv rays to that plastic to age them, no probs

team47b

...and the stem arrived today! 3ttt 60mm, now I can sort the bars, brake levers and shiny black plastic 70's bar tape, anyone remember bar tape with damn all thickness, no padding, no sticky glue/tape, the way that this stuff came unrolled all on its own, aah nostalgia...

pinno

Good job there's a rake on them there front forks with a titchy twitchy front stem like that.

pinno

The thing is T47, I can't picture the Mrs T47 on a step through with a wicker basket on the front wearing a flowery summer dress. She seems ore like a 'burn your bra' Germaine Greer type.

team47b

Damn and she's just bought a Laura Ashley frock and straw hat

This thread may get started soon, I think I may start building it up, busy tomorrow but may start on whatever day the one after tomorrow is

pinno

No one can accuse you of stringing it out.

Can we have a pic of the lovely Mrs T47 in her frock and hat please?

team47b

I don't have a pic of that particular outfit, so here's a photo of her naked...



...handlebars, bar tape to be added tomorrow

Matthewfalle

Looking seriously sweet - so much better than my new Basso Ascot I got for nothing today, but that's another story for another thread ......

Estimated time until she's finished? Will the basket hold baguette/small puppy/flowers?

team47b

not sure, haven't been able to track down a 3ttt Grand Prix basket yet, anyhow, had 10 minutes to spare when I got back this afty so...



For those of a horticultural bias the plant in the background is a type of perennial vegetable, a chayote.

pinno

Is it me or do those brake levers look a little far from the bars?

Matthewfalle

Hang on, hang on....

Sunshine. Check.

Cobbled floor. Check.

Things that look suspiciously like my tomato plants. Check.

Same bike stand as mine. Check.

Are you sure you aren't at my house? If so, do you mind finishing the beautiful Peugeot/Vitus machine for me?

Matthewfalle

To get back on track though - I'm seriously liking that as a burd's bike. Very cool.

D

team47b

Pinno wrote:

Is it me or do those brake levers look a little far from the bars?

Cheap wide angle lens syndrome

Levers are measured to fit Mrs T, you sayin' she's got big hands?

pinno

team47b wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Is it me or do those brake levers look a little far from the bars?

Cheap wide angle lens syndrome

Levers are measured to fit Mrs T, you sayin' she's got big hands?

No of course not. Just long elegant fingers.

Pics of the Vitus please MF. Is it a 979 Dural? ... oh and the Basso.

Matthewfalle

Will do the Basso this weeken d - it's looking like a shed and the forks and shot (the legs are well bent ov to one side - one for the skip).

Probably keep it as a very, very long termed: get it re sprayed in the Celeste/fluoro Orange standard colors it currently is, get some forks sorted, take it from there.

Vitus is at a friend's place so that may be next week.I'll see what I have on the 'phone though - Defoe nothing showing the lovely butting/tubing though.