polishing thread?

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Mines locked at 16p till next year.

So I'm subsidising you Ken........bu**er.

[Oddjob]

No, I was just clever, I always take the longest term deal, I've never had electricity go down, it's always up so I like to lock it in for as long as I can. Plus no gas in my house at all, totally electric.

[SteveD CB500K0]

Plus no gas in my house at all, totally electric.

There was a time when that was a definite downer.


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[Oddjob]

Always had all electric Steve. For some reason gas just sends me to sleep, I always have the gas disconnected in any house I move into. Heating done by storage radiators and I'll be looking into getting a heat pump if the figures work out. Read the other day that the government want to phase out Economy 7 by 2030 as the coal powered generating stations close down, doesn't make sense to do that, others sources of power can't be shut off, like wave power, waves ain't stopping just because it's nighttime.

[Laverdaroo]

Thank god that’s over, I have no finger prints left at all now………….might do a bank robbery now, they won’t know it was me


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[Sesman]

Very acceptable indeed. I’d be happy with that. I’d be knackered with my banking app as my access is biometrics. Wonder if you match other items of your anatomy too😁

[Oddjob]

Not bad at all young grasshopper.

[Laverdaroo]

Fanks fellas, what a bloody job

How are the club feet Phil?


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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

That's impressive Roo you must be well chuffed.

So spill the beans how many hours at £1 an hour did it cost?

[Laverdaroo]

In total I think I’ve 30 odd hours in those three bits. Hour or two here n there and a couple of right good evenings and ta daaa.

Still rather go snorkelling in the sea oit at Glastonbury than do any more though, dunno how Ken does it every week. It would kill me


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[Oddjob]

I find it relaxing Roo, honestly. There are days though where nothing seems to go right, my lads grab rail for instance, it's also a sort of back rest and the very top of the loop had this bloody great dent in it, decided to get rid of it, the metal is around 3/4" thick and I knew it wasn't hollow so loads of metal to work on, spend hours and hours sanding it down, the dent was so big it has split the metal, so as it got deeper in the dent started to go but the split just wouldn't. In the end I lost my rag at it and got the bench grinder out, ground it right down, lost about 1/8" of metal but split was almost gone. I thought I'll sand the rest but as soon as I touched it another gap opened up under it, at that point I just decided to call it a day and come back to it at some other time. Oddly I haven't done any sanding since, been about a week now and I've done nothing much on the parts I have ready. Even your exhaust collets are just sat in a bag in front of me, I get like that. Sometimes I'll just walk away and not doing anything for ages and then I get the urge and it's on again. When that happens I can spend 14-15 hours doing parts, especially in the summer, I've worked through the night many times.

[Laverdaroo]

I my best work in the wee small hours tbh, always been a night owl and same as you, I regularly do all nighters, just depends how ensconced I am. Wiring for instance, started at 6 on a Saturday and finished at 9am Sunday when I was doing the 400. Just really addictive.




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[paul G]

I find the worst thing is looking like a coal miner after a 12 shift at the face 

[Matt_Harrington]

Roo, nice work and very shiny. Are you lacquering or waxing?
Matt

[Laverdaroo]

Dont know Matt, didnt know I had to........whats the best for y9ur buckand finish etc?

Nathan cant do the pipeds as heshaving difficulty with the material chipping when itsin the abrasive media whilst polishing so hes declined gracfully. Thats why I use him, he doesnt blow smoke up yer rear end and just say yes to everything, if he cant ,he cant, and i ;)f he camn he does, ace fella!