Congratulations and well done. Al Messer --- Barrie Purslow <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just to say that the steel tyres are on and to thank > all those who showed an interest. > The most difficult part of the job was parting off > the individual tyres, especially the first one where > the overhang from the chuck was 6 inches. Had to > deploy the rear toolpost and run the lathe at 20 > RPM. The actual fitting of the tyres was a piece of > cake - I heated each tyre until it just started to > discolour, at this point the wheel was lowered in, > the clearance was such that I could actually see > daylight through the gap. Then left it for 30 > minutes when the whole thing was almost back to room > temperature. > > Thge acid test is still some time away but I'm on a > roll at the moment - maybe I'll have a go at an > exhaust steam injector :-)) > > Thanks again, > > Barrie > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.