Any question answered...

There are all sorts of reasons that they might have had to have not been able to do more

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

I've cut two slots at 180 degrees in the bottom bracket cup. The good news is that the cup is now turning in the bottom bracket shell, so whatever adhesive has been used has given up. The bad news is that the cup still won't come out, even with some more BF&I. Fingers crossed that two more cuts tonight will do the trick.

You don't have to be an arse at every opportunity you get you know.

You don't have to be an arse at every opportunity you get

If I took every opportunity I got, I'd never get any work done :) Your sentence was grammatically correct, so it was almost certainly my fault that I had to take three goes at it to make sense of it.

Pics or it didn't happen

Shakespeare takes a few rereads too.

Bravo.
Almost there.
Dremel?

Shakespeare takes a few rereads too

But, for mine own part, it was Greek to me

Any recommendations for a decent shimano cassette tool?

Nope. Hacksaw for the external parts of the cup, padsaw for the insidey bits. I try to avoid using power tools in the living room.

Something with a handle and a locating pin: eg Bike Hand YC-126-2A.

I doubt there's much to choose between them, so whatever your favourite retailer has in stock will be fine.

Something with a handle

Something without a handle is better for mounting cassettes, because you can attach your torque wrench to it.

and a locating pin

Unless you ever want to use a hub with a solid axle

Cheers buddy, you seem like a friendly guy...

Thanks guys, useful to throw it out there and get some reactions, I am probably blowing it out of proportion.

Nope. Hacksaw for the external parts of the cup, padsaw for the insidey bits. I try to avoid using power tools in the living room.

Am I recalling incorrectly that it was you who posted a picture of his dining room with a lathe in it?

Or similar.

The very same person, and I think I recall his other half was saying something about there's no art in using a lathe?

I thought the artistry comment was related to welding - specifically an opinion of technique employed, IIRC.

Am I recalling incorrectly that it was you who posted a picture of his dining room with a lathe in it?

Guilty as charged:

Although it's no longer the dining room - it's the machine shop. And don't forget the milling machine and pillar drill on the other side. Trouble is, there's not enough space to lay the R3 frame on the floor so I can attack it with saws, so that has to be done in the living room/bike assembly room.

You're on a roll, it was indeed. @Cycliste considers that electric arc welding is for ineptualists, and that gas welding is the only form of welding which requires artistry. Even if you have to stand on a box while doing it:

It's out. A few minor nicks in the BB shell, but nothing that will be visible when the crankset's installed or will affect fitting the BB.

Result!

My hero.

Excellent

So satisfying - like pulling a bad tooth!