Bellicose

20 hours ago, tortron said:

never had an issue with using them on a grinder. even on big long panels. 

Also never had an issue, and you can't get bigger panels than this......lol

Add 70-80mm spacers and you'll get an idea of how wide the arse will be on this thing lol.

1 hour ago, Abarth said:

Nice project man! I’m 99% sure I have a Koso Variator, 5 gram rollers, Koso clutch, Koso clutch bell housing, Koso clutch centre spring. 
 

ill have a look on Sunday to check for sure as they’ve been sitting under my house since uni days and I’m now never going to use them. 
 

let me know if your keen?

I'm interested in these if Naoks isn't.

My OCD kicked in so now I'm cleaning and/or painting EVERYTHING. Second sand blasting pile has started.

Blasted and painted, better start re-assembly before alzheimers kicks in.

8 minutes ago, Raizer said:

 

Crap video, but gives the idea anyway.

10 points for idea.

Minus 1763 points for execution.

You couldn't pay me enough to be in the same shed when that's running.

Google compressor tank explosion.

It may be a little small but will work. You'll find what works best as you go.

The rated CFM is the amount of air the pump can put into the tank, not the air coming out of the outlet, what comes out is normally a third less than rated CFM.

Rated psi is the max pressure that will come out at first 'pull' of the trigger once tank is full, then it goes down pretty quickly from there.

The main thing I've found to help with "hungry" tools is storage capacity. I had a 13 CFM pump on the 50 litre tank and it was shit and would 'cycle' more than ideal. Put that same pump on my a 140 litre tank and it's great for air hungry tools.

Hope you've got a reasonable size compressor to feed that cabinet. Sand/media blasting is a compressor killer.

2 minutes ago, DB8-TypeR said:

Haha yea, but i know it would just take up garage space and collect dust. Already 4 scoots and 3 cars between two of us. I have the baby version of the Helix in my Spacy 50, wouod be better off fitting larger engine to that

Get a bigger shed then....................

Nah I hear ya. I've gone from 11 bikes to 1.75 lol.

2 minutes ago, DB8-TypeR said:

I want a Honda Helix, but have no real need/use/space/licence for one

 

The only word you really should take notice of is WANT.

Always wanted one of those big Jap' scooters.

Thought it was time to update this thread.

Everything has been sold (except one very long term moped project in boxes)

I'm now concentrating on another Gyro. I did a deal with Raizer on my A50 for it.

This is how i got it.

And this is how it sits, going to the blasters in the morning.

Hopefully with only one project i won't get distracted and actually finish it lol.

Any one around the Waikato - BOP - Auck' - Hawkes Bay area with a biggish lathe and has more engineering skill than me (not that hard lol) that would be keen to do an "odd" job.

Will happily pay in your currency of choice.

The thickness of that "paint" looks insufficient to be bog, it may be one of those 'spray bogs'. Most of the time the whole car would get done in it which unfortunately means stripping the whole car.

This Alfa was done in it and i had to get rid of the lot.

Yep, epoxy first.

I'm assuming that's bog (too thick to be primer / paint layers). The way it's let go I'd say there was moisture trapped under the bog and it's just been sitting there patiently waiting to pop it's ugly head out and say hello. 

Do you have any pic's of other "suspect" spots?

11 minutes ago, SOHC said:

I am going to clear the Volvo with a roller soon

 

9 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Roughly what would it cost to do a tank in yellow with some clear over the decals?  

Between $150 & $200.

3 hours ago, SOHC said:

Would someone in auckland be able to paint the tank and guards for my Suzuki? I dont want anything flash, guards are new and tank is bare steal

Send them down and i'll have a hack at them lol.

Nah seriously I can help ya out, but I don't really do "I don't want anything flash" lol

21 minutes ago, grant76 said:

matamata panelworks?? 

I wouldn't.

Try Colin West panel beaters here in Matamata. (He's next door to us.)

He's super busy tho' as he (and us) does all of J Swap stuff on top of everyday panel work.

They do good work and are currently doing a full resto on a HJ Holden ute, almost finished rebuilding the front of a '66 Mustang and they have a VL commodore waiting for a lot of rust work and also an early VW bug that needs a full going over.

Got this thing straight with minimal bog.

So in hindsight you could be waiting a little bit lol.

2 hours ago, Snorkpipe said:

Is that an open offer? at some stage in the next few months, I'd like to get something like this done:

Yeah man, easy as.

2 hours ago, xsinclairx said:

Having a look at trademe https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/paint/listing-2338572273.htm?rsqid=2f1a4504d7504589b0d108d8834d744b-005

This guy states he can put pearl colours into colorpak cans. Is it possible to achieve a nice finish with cans?

Another question, is plastic adhesion promoter something that is routinely used?

Depends what you consider "nice".

Yes, we use adhesion promoter all the time and recommend it on any bare/raw plastics.

If you were on the same island I would've done it for a lot less than 2 grand.

Pearl White is no biggie. I just use a pearl white tinter then clear it. The straight pearl tinter works better than a mixed colour as it's not "diluted" you could say.

2 minutes ago, kseries.rookie said:

Haha very true, but you dont buy an 80s 250cc in the hopes to go fast 

You'd think it would at the very least do 100kph without bitchin' too much tho, but oh no........

1 hour ago, kseries.rookie said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2339932359

Could be a cool little budget build. Parallel twins hnngg 

Slow as shite.

Also most Honda dealer parts people look at you like you're retarded when you ask for parts. When i had mine i found the easiest thing to do was go in with the part numbers then they didn't go into a coma when you tried to explain what you wanted.