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by framejunkie
Thu 29 May, 2008 4:21 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: A Short Rant About Masking Tape
Replies: 4
Views: 2391

Re: A Short Rant About Masking Tape

But have you tried the acid-free cauliflower?
by framejunkie
Tue 27 May, 2008 4:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morso allen key screws
Replies: 7
Views: 3111

Re: Morso allen key screws

A bicycle shop is where i would go. Not sure i've ever been in a motorbike shop, or if they would have the part in question M6 means its a 6mm thread of a particular pitch(specific distance between the grooves) - this is the standard thread for an 6mm bolt, so shouldn't be hard to track down. The on...
by framejunkie
Tue 27 May, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morso allen key screws
Replies: 7
Views: 3111

Re: Morso allen key screws

On my Morso, and i assume they're all the same, they are M6 bolts with a 3mm hex fitting and an unusually large head a bike shop should be able to provide you with something similar, but maybe only with a smaller head - in which case some suitable washers should do the trick. If the bolts you get ar...
by framejunkie
Tue 27 May, 2008 8:11 am
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: OUCH!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 4535

Re: OUCH!!!

While the subject is on stapler incidents, I'll share a cautionary tale. I suppose the title should be 'what not to do'. This is not for the faint-hearted, so if you don't like the gorier stories, i suggest you stop reading now :mrgreen: When i moved into my current workspace i thought i'd devote so...
by framejunkie
Fri 23 May, 2008 9:07 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Simons Stretcher Moulding
Replies: 3
Views: 1899

Re: Simons Stretcher Moulding

That's a handy thought. I... cannot see one knot. Is it finger-jointed shorts or whole lengths of timber? If the former, it would be most useful for painted finishes. They don't do a version in Poplar do they? My cheaper black box-frames are poplar(tulip), with a black stain, so it would probably sa...
by framejunkie
Tue 20 May, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Working with Filmoplast P
Replies: 10
Views: 6977

Re: Working with Filmoplast P

[quote="WelshFramer"] Don't forget to remove the backing tape first, though. :) That's the key to it - once you've separated the release-paper backing and threaded the end of the roll through the metal widget on the box lid it acts as a dispenser - always leave a length of the release-pape...
by framejunkie
Tue 20 May, 2008 6:21 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Member number 666
Replies: 19
Views: 10474

Re: Member number 666

So John's a computer pogrommer?

It all starts to make a twisted kind of sense. I've made a terrible mistake. I want to go back to Hackney :sweating:

There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
by framejunkie
Tue 20 May, 2008 6:01 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Member number 666
Replies: 19
Views: 10474

Re: Member number 666

Ooh! I've just realised that I'm 665, so I'm the Neighbour of the Beast! :rock:
I better turn the music down.

I'm sure i was number 700and something when i signed up the other week - has there been a Stalin style purge during the change-over to the new format? Scary
by framejunkie
Tue 20 May, 2008 5:53 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Member number 666
Replies: 19
Views: 10474

Re: Member number 666

I presume you lot are familiar with

668 - The Neighbour of the Beast