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  • JR
    • May 2015
    • 18273

    #151
    Mike .
    "The copper is to add a rim around the pulley wheels just to give it some depth. I have various grades/thikness's of copper wire and i take off what i want, wind it around a drill that is slightly smaller than the wheel, so it looks like a spring - slide it off the drill and then cut across the coils so that it leaves you with rings. I then put a ring into a pair of smooth faced pliers and give it a squeeze and there you have a flat ring or even instrument bezel, all stucl on with c/a thin stuff, or a little liquid glue just to hold it and then c/a to finish the job"
    Yeah just like that ! Can you imagine me , a roll of copper wire and a drill !! Probably end up with a finger with wire wrapped round it :smiling2:
    Great idea, and something I would like to try so have put it in my note book .
    Looks even better with some paint, that hose end snap connection is the dogs , no doubt you made that as well :smiling2: brilliant.
    John

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    • scottie3158
      SMF Supporters
      • Apr 2018
      • 14201
      • Paul
      • Holbeach

      #152
      Mike,

      Some really nice additions there, this build just gets better and better. Happy New year from my home to yours.

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      • minitnkr
        Charter Rabble member
        • Apr 2018
        • 7538
        • Paul
        • Dayton, OH USA

        #153
        Great work Mike. Happy New Year. PaulE

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        • Fernando N
          SMF Supporters
          • Apr 2018
          • 2448

          #154
          Great looking compressor Mike:thumb2:, Happy New Year to you too.

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          • Guest

            #155
            Originally posted by Mini Me
            Nice progress Mike, awaiting the final build will it be a 2018 or 2019 model?
            Cheers, Rick H. and Happy New Year!
            2019 - I hope.
            Mike.

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            • Guest

              #156
              Originally posted by John Race
              Mike .
              "The copper is to add a rim around the pulley wheels just to give it some depth. I have various grades/thikness's of copper wire and i take off what i want, wind it around a drill that is slightly smaller than the wheel, so it looks like a spring - slide it off the drill and then cut across the coils so that it leaves you with rings. I then put a ring into a pair of smooth faced pliers and give it a squeeze and there you have a flat ring or even instrument bezel, all stucl on with c/a thin stuff, or a little liquid glue just to hold it and then c/a to finish the job"
              Yeah just like that ! Can you imagine me , a roll of copper wire and a drill !! Probably end up with a finger with wire wrapped round it :smiling2:
              Great idea, and something I would like to try so have put it in my note book .
              Looks even better with some paint, that hose end snap connection is the dogs , no doubt you made that as well :smiling2: brilliant.
              John
              John,
              Many thanks for the comments.
              Making the rings/bezels is really easy - trust me. Next week i will put a small sbs on here just for you. I hate loose fingers on the floor....:anguished:. Guilty, I also made the end connectors....
              Happy New Year
              Mike.

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              • Guest

                #157
                Originally posted by minitnkr
                Great work Mike. Happy New Year. PaulE
                Paul,
                Happy New Year
                Mike.

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                • Guest

                  #158
                  Originally posted by Fernando N
                  Great looking compressor Mike:thumb2:, Happy New Year to you too.
                  Fernando,
                  Many thanks.
                  Happy New Year.
                  Mike.

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                  • Guest

                    #159
                    Update,
                    Quick update and I am retiring untill next year. The compressor is finished and installed.
                    [ATTACH]324411[/ATTACH]
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                    And that is it, next it will be kettle, tea pot and burner + gas bottle.
                    To you all who comment, and to all of you that just pass by for a look - A Happy New Year.
                    Cheers Mike :tongue-out3: hic!....

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                    • Allen Dewire
                      SMF Supporters
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 4741
                      • Allen
                      • Bamberg

                      #160
                      Back at you Mike!!!!!!!!!!
                      Life's to short to be a sheep...

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                      • Guest

                        #161
                        Originally posted by Allen Dewire
                        Back at you Mike!!!!!!!!!!
                        :tongue-out3: hic!

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                        • Guest

                          #162
                          Update,
                          Out with the dogs on Tuesday so nothing done, but the fresh air cleared the head (bit like a box of frogs) and stopped the shaking.... damn that Polish wine and Rakia.
                          But made up for it today, the kettle is now in primer as is the gas bottle, the suspension is complete and ready for installation once the cab is painted and attached to the rear which will also gat a coat of paint. But more later. Hope your new year went well, at least the parts you can remember.....
                          Cheers,
                          Mike.
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                          • JR
                            • May 2015
                            • 18273

                            #163
                            Look fwd to the SBS Mike, thank you .
                            Like wise have a great one .
                            John.

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                            • scottie3158
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Apr 2018
                              • 14201
                              • Paul
                              • Holbeach

                              #164
                              Mike, love the interior details and the kettle is great.

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                              • rtfoe
                                SMF Supporters
                                • Apr 2018
                                • 9084

                                #165
                                Oh boy missed a whole bunch of nice stuff Mike...will be going through the pages with a fine tooth comb. Happy New Year to you.

                                The kettle is a scream and if Scottie is impressed with the interior, I'm heading back to take a look... wait for the sound of the jaw drop.:smiling6:

                                Cheers,
                                Richard

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