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[mybike]

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Amazon product ASIN B00NWJFM5OView: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hillman-Group-58475-Curved-2-Inch/dp/B00NWJFM5O


At the eyewatering price of £49 odd for 8. Surely a normal countersunk machine screw would work?

The price is why I asked.

Try the shop where it was bought, or shop/stall that sells similar items. They tend to get some spares in/supplied.
Just in case.

As I said, we've moved & I doubt the shop still exists anyway. But it's a thought to look around for similar items.

As a possible alternative to previous suggestion.
https://www.screwsandbolts.com/Curved-Handle-Head-Machine-Screws-p/66604.htm

From the US, postage might be a bit high. But thanks.

 

[Reynard]

The price is why I asked.


As I said, we've moved & I doubt the shop still exists anyway. But it's a thought to look around for similar items.

Screwfix?

 

[classic33]

Screwfix?

Not showing any.

 

[Reynard]

Not showing any.

Bummer...

 

[Reynard]

How's this for a bit of modelling?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-63116639

 

[rockyroller]

OK, this is one for the source of information that is cyclechat.

My wife has a trolley, made of tubing, that is held together with bolts having a curved head.

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Which got lost when we moved. Does anyone know who sells these?

dunno, maybe try these peeps?

https://www.boltdepot.com/

 

[Illaveago]

OK, here you go...

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It's meant to look something like this when it's finished... (a 1984 vintage Higman superstox)

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And it belonged to this very fine - and much missed - young man.

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Its looking good what you have done so far .
You just need to regain that enthusiasm for it .
Sometimes it is always best to leave things for a while if you are having problems .
Leonardo Da Vinci seemed to have done it quite a few times .

 

[rockyroller]

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I don't have that problem

from the "Failed Product" vault: Pringles chips
"Olestra was approved as an additive in 1996, but it quickly lost its popularity due to unpleasant side effects. The body could not absorb the substance, which in larger amounts caused gastric cramps and diarrhea. Olestra and the chips became known for causing »anal leakage«."

 

[Reynard]

Cats have been fed. Soon it will be time to feed me.

 

[Reynard]

Its looking good what you have done so far .
You just need to regain that enthusiasm for it .
Sometimes it is always best to leave things for a while if you are having problems .
Leonardo Da Vinci seemed to have done it quite a few times .

Thanks There's also a lot of other small parts made that aren't in the photos like the brake disks, stub axles, steering rack, trailing arms, rear wing, that kind of stuff.

When I went to visit Paul's grave earlier in the year, I promised him I'd finish it. That's motivation enough for me.

If I can get this box section malarkey to work, that's solved a major sticking point, and I can go forward with finishing the roll cage and the interior of the cab.

 

[classic33]

from the "Failed Product" vault: Pringles chips
"Olestra was approved as an additive in 1996, but it quickly lost its popularity due to unpleasant side effects. The body could not absorb the substance, which in larger amounts caused gastric cramps and diarrhea. Olestra and the chips became known for causing »anal leakage«."

Never had Pringles either.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just to give you some other ideas.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpF9NlpkMrQ

In my alternative universe that was the first of the highly successful "Hamburg" class, but I ain't building one, okay?

 

[classic33]

In my alternative universe that was the first of the highly successful "Hamburg" class, but I ain't building one, okay?

Have you watched parts two and three?

You could build it outside.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A picture from my days on H&S.

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We don't have one H&S; it's a bit complex but basically every company has to be part of a non-profit organisation which deals with health and liability insurance in the company, and also does the H&S Certification.

When I was a cabinet maker I was covered by the Wood and Metalworkers Insurance and they certified our workplace. Where I now work we are under the "Social Welfare Sector Insurance" which I reckon must be the most difficult because social organisations do pretty much everything. Just in our building we have a cafe, bike workshop, electrical workshop, wood workshop, painting workshop, sewing workshop, offices, classroom, recycling centre, and showroom, and they have to certify all of it. Good luck to them...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Have you watched parts two and three?

You could build it outside.

I was feeling pretty pleased about the "big sign" on my model control tower because I could read it from the other end of my living room, until I realised that my living room was 4m long and that's almost exactly the length of the Hamburg/Hindenburg class in the scale I use.