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Hi there,

some chippy advice from a man still covered in wood dust:
don't use MDF - although it paints up nicely screws and nails do not stay fixed for long because of the fibrous nature of the board, use Plywood.
Bit of 18mm 8x4 (1220 X 2440mm) builders merchant cheap as chips or any building site - they use it for everything.
Have a happy tool board : )

DS

http://www.framebuilding.com/aboutus.htm

I'd take a look at Ceeway, masses of tools and difficult to find stuff, just bought some good value gear from them.

DS

Well there you go, the bargain taps and dies turn out to be Raleigh specific and I have my answer.
cheers for the link Fruitbat.

DS

Hi fellas, any mechanical problem under my roof is usually an excuse to get the tools to do the job myself rather than take to the increasingly clueless retail outlet.
However, cycle steerer threads are not listed in my trusty Zeus tablet, so does any body know if we are talking BSF, UNF, BNC, Whitworth etc........?
At present a lot of imperial measurement cutting tools appear discounted as the world becomes more metric and as such one can tool up at less cost than some expensive 'cycle tools" I have sourced.
After the usual threading up of a 1" steerer for a Tange Seiki headset but I can't work out the pitch required.
One engineering supplier is selling off British Standard Cycle cutting dies cheap is that right gear?

Ta,
Dr.Spoor

How very sad, my best wishes - it always brings us back down to earth.
Obvious; but be safe everybody and the best of futures to you Velro.

oops Ostend is Belgium, duh...
so probably Belgian, geography never a strong point, but then again who thinks about Belgium?

:D S

Hi Photoben,

yeah, it caught my eye too, I bought from Jos's shop, it's Dutch (surprise) got rider's name on it but the old google makes him a muso, there is also the name of an Ostend cycle shop that's about it.
Seems nicely made, but can't identify make.
That Jos has some very nice gear...

Cheers,

Dr. S

Hoo bloody ray,
I managed to get the blasted image up at last.
Alas, I left my noob intro in the testing area with various failed image post litter, wouldn't want to be rude - just yet - hello again.

The previous has been slowly accumulating over some years, but now with hubs arrived I thought it time.

So errr....yeah.

Doktor Spoor

Hi Wiganwill,

thanks for reply, I thought I'd fluffed it again, but it worked out in "how to post photos" after all something missing off the flickr link?

cheers,

Dr. S

Umm I'll try here,

sorry fellas leavin' all this tat around.

Here goes again, what I'm putting together:

holy christ it worked.

: )

cheers:

Dok Spoor

Hello again,
another hostage to fortune:

agh, that's still not looking good a i've made a flickr account, used the search an all...

Dr S

Ha,

seemingly not, I shall go put it somewhere else first.

Doc S

Hi there folks,
well there goes with a noob intro.
Been hanging about for donkeys, using those much maligned lists for good info, admiring bikes and banter, thought I'd better own up.
Let's hope I don't try your patience too much while I muck about on the nursery slopes and attempt to post a picture of a bunch of parts:

um....

Question mark doesn't look good.

Can I liknk to a pic in the Gallery?

Cheers,
Doc Spoor