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Re: Scrapyard motorbike
By: banquo Date: January 12, 2015, 10:27 am
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[quote author=steve link=topic=86.msg395#msg395 date=1420744926]
As an incidental, I thought I would everyone 'insanely jealous'
and relate that the stainless nuts, bolts and washers, of every
size existing, are delivered 'as scrap' to my empire at work. I
get to take home what I want here and the NF project Im
presently engaged with, is largely bolted together courtesy of a
very kind local shipyard. Of course to buy this sort of stuff
would be A DEAR JOB, but the only manner in which I struggle
with then ' is carrying them home'! So who's even more jealous
????????[/quote]
OK, we hate you... ;)
by dismantling a pile of obsolete terminal connectors, I
acquired enough M6 x 25 in stainless and brass to do a whole
shedload of NFs, but there are hardly any parts that use
anything that small, and when they do, they are far shorter.
Plenty of M6 wing nuts as well, but they're about as much use as
a chocolate teapot.
I hope you will be fitting the field gun tag somewhere visible!
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Re: Scrapyard motorbike
By: steve Date: January 12, 2015, 1:06 pm
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A proper reaction, thats more like it ! Theres a couple of
curved 'grease here' tags that have to find a suitable spot Im
sure !
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Re: Scrapyard motorbike
By: banquo Date: January 13, 2015, 5:44 am
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It does strike me that you have the makings of a business there.
if they're sold for scrap, they will be pennies, even if you had
to buy them, and if you had a thread gauge or two, you could
sort and eBay common sizes. The UNF and UNC that are bound to
be in there would be useful for Harleys and I think some old
Brit bikes?
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Re: Scrapyard motorbike
By: steve Date: January 13, 2015, 2:45 pm
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Its often crossed my mind Jake and I very often provide biscuit
tins full for my mates etc and also do the same for my local
bike (FBMCC) club as xmas raffle prizes - theyre highly sought
believe me ! I dont however want to make too much of a meal of
it, as everything Ive had so far (and its considerable) has been
free gratis and the company I work for are very decent. Oh, I
also pulled a genuine great war brodie helmet (tin hat) out of a
skip, I actually raced a Polishman to it and I got there first.
Its date stamped 1915 and they sell, I believe, for some £350 to
£400. I wont sell it though as the Great War is a very big part
of my many interests.
Got a Drummond lathe and all the tooling and I also ------------
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Scrapyard motorbike
By: banquo Date: January 14, 2015, 2:48 am
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I suppose all of us have some kind of benefit from work. For
some, it's the odd paper clip, for me, it's the availability of
through feed scanners, and for you it's a free supply of nuts
and bolts. I may get a job in an Islay distillery when I
retire....
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