Any question answered...

The vast number of yellow NYC taxis featured in films would be just one piece of evidence against this...

e.g. in 1961:

Yeah. I dunno how it got into my head innit.

I worked with someone once who took their girlfriend on the London Eye on Valentines Day. You share the pod with two other couples. So one of the other men in the pod got down on one knee at the peak of the wheel and proposed. His partner said no, and my friend had to spend the next 15 minute waiting for their pod to get to the bottom of the wheel with the most remarkable awkward silence. So I highly recommend the London Eye on Valentines Day, it sounds brilliant.

failing that, think about what he/she really likes, what they do when they have some time to themselves and get a bit / buy a ticket / make time for that. it's not the object, it's the thought you put into that. and assuming you know he/she better than anyone on here, no one can give you better ideas than yourself.

Is that bollocks?

Yes, if the proposition is that the first yellow car paint was in the 1990s. It's possible that somebody told you a story with some truth in it, but that wasn't it. Lead based pigments have been used for hundreds of years, but lead pollution became a hot topic in the 70s/80s, hence the move to eliminate lead from petrol. There have been other moves to minimise the use of lead in other contexts where it can leach into the environment, including in paint, and concurrent attempts to find suitable replacements. It's possible that a proposed viable lead-free yellow and a BMW running on unleaded fuel (USA went unleaded before Europe, and AFAIK the faster German models were off the US market for a time until they sorted out how to go fast on unleaded) got mashed up into an urban legend.

Yeah it's the lead free yellow paint, rather than an unleaded engine.

That's the bit my brain won't let go of.

Try parcel2go.com

Anyway. 5 mins with google tells me it's one of 72 850i that rolled out of the door at BMW in yellow.

Looking at the chart and 1991 and 1992 it's probably gelb or giallo and not dakkar yellow.

From here
and here
and here

https://www.bmwblog.com/2018/01/25/original-bmw-8-series-yellow-awesome/
http://www.8coupe.com/Colors/ColorSummary.aspx
https://jalopnik.com/important-reminder-you-could-order-the-bmw-8-series-in-1822204430

One for the metalheads!

I want to build a gong stand like the one shown in the picture below.
I understand this is made from malleable iron.
Can somebody who knows about this shit please tell me

• would I better be using 'whiteheart' or 'blackheart' malleable iron pipes / fittings for this.
  
• would copper / brass also work?
  
• why not use a stainless steel pipe?
  
  

Thanks!

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Find a second hand commercial clothes rack?

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^ that does look a bit peculiar - still I like the idea! Will look around, thanks.

The above would work bettter with a Yes tribute band.
You should have said that you wanted Motorhead stylee.

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Actually found quite a nice one

..yet one important aspect of the design is: easy / quick assembly / disassembly without much faff, and ability to transport this in some kind of bag over the shoulder.

Ah, transport.
Actually, a black pipe construction like you initially showed would take forever to put up/take down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0spqQtMKg

Take a look at Kee Klamp.

A la
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA513CA514&q=kee+klamp+gong+stand&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3vPDLuoTgAhUXIDQIHUQ2CUcQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1680&bih=947

Thanks very much for the suggestions!
I think that design I posted above (pipes / tempered fittings) is pretty good though -
in terms of price, stability, configurability and ease of assembly / disassembly..
Who would have thought - that "industrial look" seems to be still en vogue, so you can actually buy an industrial clothes rack readymade of pipe and fittings on ebay, amazon and other stores.
Yet the thing is they're always rather high and use rather thin pipes, so I think I'm better off building my own (want a rather square one, to keep weight down, because usabilty and also looks.. )
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Right on, post pics when you you’ve got it all done.

I will!

Actually, a black pipe construction like you initially showed would take forever to put up/take down.

Actually it's swiftly done (you just unscrew the 3 long parts (you leave the "feet" together as they are!) and that's it.

would I better be using 'whiteheart' or 'blackheart' malleable iron pipes / fittings for this.

Whatevs. Malleable, ductile, wrought is all the same for your purposes, just get whatever is cheapest. You'll probably want steel pipe, iron generally only comes in much bigger sizes than your design requires. Consider electrical conduit rather than water pipe, it might be cheaper.

would copper / brass also work?

Brass fittings would be OK if you want that aesthetic, copper plumbing pipe would be too weak.

why not use a stainless steel pipe?

Nice but pricey. If you're not playing on the deck of an ocean going vessel, not worth it unless you don't might paying loads for shiny.

Thanks a lot!

Yea I thought copper pipe would be too weak.
Conduit I've seen so far looks pretty shit.
Cost of stainless might be doable considering the price of the gong itself, not seing easy-assembly fittings so far though; it's either for glueing or looks like a faff (headless screws etc.)
Anyway thanks for the useful advice, I appreciate it.

I should make one out of old bikes, haha.

I should make one out of old (tandem) bikes, haha.
ftfy

On a track hub I have, on one side the axe protrudes quite a bit from the nut while on the other side, it almost doesn't come flush with the nut, any idea it is normal or not? If not, is it really something to be worried for?

it is normal or not?

Not. Something is wrong with the assembly.