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Good work @plantfit.
I'm looking forward to the reviews once it's rideable.
Good work @plantfit.
I'm looking forward to the reviews once it's rideable.
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Update on the Junior Ordinary restoration, final four lengths of 3mm X 500mm bright steel bar arrived today so it was an hour in the shed making the spokes,first heat up end of steel to glowing,put home made die over the bar and clamp in the vice,whilst still hot start to form a rivet head on the end of the steel to the same diameter of the die,next,cut the bar to the correct length (402mm) and put a chamfer on the blank end using a small file,once again clamp steel in the vice with about 3/4 cm sticking out of the vice,start to cut the thread using a 5BA die,cut thread to 1/1.5 cm,spoke made,I have attached a few pictures that might be able to explain it better than me
Heating the end of the bar
Riveting the heated end with a ball pein hammer to correct size in the home made die
Cutting the thread using 5 BA die