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Yep! That'd be me. Things are looking up. Have sourced factory new inner races!! I drifted out the ones on that hacksawed / hand filed monster you saw and put it together with nos spindle and cones. It rolls factory smooth now. Am sourcing an aluminium spacer to compensate for the 'mod' and intend to build it. Just worried about the integrity of the shell. It may fail... Or may go on forever.
I am also going to recondition the other old one I sourced. Will see if I can find a puller tool to remove its cups. It's a very early version with no 'Record' engraved on the barrel. 50 to 60 years old! Super rare with straight skewer leaver. So would rather pull, not drift the races out of that one so as not to damage it.
It was great to meet you by the way. Sorry I was so deflated at the time. Picked up a lot since then! Amazing how a nice cup of tea can revive you.