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Thanks for that. Lathe cutting is a black art

In the past for stubborn pedals I have removed the crank and placed on the floor with the spanner/Allen key with extender flat to the ground and stood on the crank. Usually gets it off. You might need to bounce a bit on it but body weight is usually enough so long as the tool is in tight and can’t round off.

Heat is also a winner.

Also trying to undo it in the correct direction. Guilty of not doing that a couple times.

I'm thinking the same, I've been told I face disciplinary action if I don't go back to the office, got pretty solid reason not to go in but they don't seem to give a shit. need out asap

Hi is this still available? x100

I’ve got a couple of road bikes for sale but they’re around £150-200 though, probably not cheap enough but don’t need anything they’re ready to ride. I have an old French road bike that’s a bit on the rough side and needs either a new rear wheel or new axle to repair the existing wheel. If he’s up for fixing it he can have for £30

I went this route for getting a slab of marble cut and was dirt cheap compared to stonemasons and kitchen worktop people. Just needed something cut to size and was getting quotes of over £300+vat even with me supplying the marble. Headstone man just said £5 a cut and did a forth cut for free just to tidy it all up.

Got the slab of marble on gumtree for free.

Yeah I was surprised too. Managed to catch the end of 59 selling and the auctioneer looked as though he was expecting more. I was expecting way more than £100k anything, thought it would go for at least £500k+.

Probably would have done better going through a larger auction house. Bet loads of people didn’t even know it was happening.

I thought that was cheap too. Assuming it’s a legit 59 who ever won that auction got a bit of a bargain. Either that or the value is declining on such a guitar, there are more options than there were ten years ago to satiate that desire for a 50s Les Paul like that.

is that an epiphone? the inlays look too good but you say cheap and cheerful...

I sold my mash frame to a guy a little while ago and apparently it just got stolen, if anyone sees it pop up anywhere could they get in contact please. its fairly distinctive as its XXL and has a dent about the size of a £2 in the non drive side chain stay that lines up with the end of the crank.

its this model

The choice of BB will depend on the crankset.

This bottom bracket is likely 40+ years old though, if it hasn’t come undone yet it probably isn’t going to anytime soon. They don’t easily come undone at the best of time. Old bottom brackets are usually a nightmare to get off.

The most problematic part of French bottom brackets used to be that you couldn’t buy new ones to replace broken ones.

If it’s not broken it really would be best and easiest to leave it alone.

They could do. You could pull the front brake and go over the handle bars, smash all your teeth out. Probably won’t though. I wouldn’t worry about it until it happens, it will be noticeable before anything bad happens. And to be honest, it will probably be really hard to get out anyway as most old bottom brackets usually are. Unless it’s loose I wouldn’t give yourself an extra job to do

Any reason why you can’t keep the existing BB?

found it on google earth, yeah that was too easy!

for ages I have thought about doing tags in really innocuous places that have some historical significance, no matter how small. theres loads of houses that used to be shops 100 years ago for instance or roads that had a train line through them that you would never realise were there.

Don’t go too easy! I like the challenge of it. I can’t really get out to do these at the moment but still like to try and find them

man Brighton tags are getting tricky these days. I remember a time when it had to be pretty obvious or the game would die!

good work people, I hope to be able to get out again soon and get involved

£200? you must be bonkers.

I don't know exactly but way more than that, I would expect to see something like that for sale at £600 or so but I don't know that model or anything. look on eBay for the value of the individual parts to give a ball park figure.

edit: quick search on eBay 'on one titanium' gives you this, which is an indication at the very least https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224830336291?hash=item3458eead23:g:JN8AAOSwuj5iA94H

you want to be aware of override keys on these things. they're super easy to pick.

you would normally bolt a safe to the wall from the inside but even so, <5 secs and you can get in anyway with a little skill. you're better off doing something like lifting a floorboard or making a hole in a wall somewhere random and hiding your stuff in there. my dad used to hide valuables in the fridge when they went away as he figured no burglar would look there.

I'm making a cupboard to have a rather heavy bit of music equipment sat on top, total around 60kg maybe more.

I was thinking making a box frame, screw it to the wall at the back and metal gussets on the inner corners, then clad with some kitchen doors I have spare. using this timber - https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Studwork-CLS-Timber---38-x-63-x-2400mm/p/107177

would this be sufficient or would more be needed? the timber would be the strength part, cladding is just for cosmetic purposes. it will have a slab of marble worktop at the top making up a fair part of the weight. dimensions will be approx, 60cm deep x 90cm tall x 70cm wide.

if you get to a point that you might scrap it, hopefully not, these are great machines., but if you do, I would happily buy the hand crank from you if it fits my machine.

that would be awesome, thanks, hoping covid will have died down a lot by then and we can attend these sort of things.

I'm joining this baby club malarky soon, will there be any courses later in the year? ours is due in April and I'm sure my girlfriend would be well in to this

got a Nikon Nikonos III film camera that I need to sell, as I'll not likely use it any time soon. its an underwater camera, comes with external view finder, underwater light meter, spare O rings and couple other bits in a hard case. all in very good condition, can't guarantee the underwater side of it but the seals look to be in good condition and it feels like there’s a pressure when taking the lens out, I infer from that that there is no air leak. very solid Japanese build, popular with divers etc

I think you have missed the tape bit and focusing too much on bin liners. a bunch of records stacked tightly with junk records on the outside will be stronger than any plastic or card box.

boggles the mind who is paying £20 for all their records.

I would happily do that, it just makes a solid cube, put some sacrificial records on the outside.