Hello all..

Received my cast hubs today for the Minnie I am trying to build.

I appreciate these are casting, but is the miss alignment between the two halves what you would expect

Hello All, thanks for the advice,

Explained the situation, no arguments just told to return them..

Have now machined a couple from solid..

Didn't realize quite how expensive phosphor bronze is, nearly dropped it on my toes when they told me..anyhow..

Hello All. Need some advice please

i am in the process of drilling the rear rim for my minnie rear wheel, I have ordered the rivets and a 1/16 drill but they have not arrived as yet.

would I be safe to drill them 0.070 which is the closest I have to hand or is it best to wait and measure the rivet?

thanks all

Brian

Hello Jason, do you know of a basic guide to riveting..?

Thanks Jason for the info…

proved myself a fool tonight, thought I would grab an hour in the shed while the kids where quite, centre drilled one hole then changed over to my new 1/16 drill to drill a test hole, all good, changed back to a centre drill to spot all the holes then mixed up the drills and drilled all my rivet holes the wrong size….teach me to rush

Hello Jason,

As I know you have successfully built a minnie may I seek you advise again.

i am very slowly progressing with the build of my minnie and am at the stage to rivet the strakes.

Am I best just to use a small ball hammer to form the rivet into the c/sink of the strake then dress with a file?

thanks for any help you can offer..

Hello Jason, thanks for the info..

Spent an hour in the shed tonight having ago, not up to the standard of many of you gents but I'm happy with my efforts.

Good evening all. After some more advice on my minnie..

working my way through the wheels, when is the best time to drill the hole for the drive pin in the hubs ?

would it be ok to drill whilst finishing all the machining on the hubs, or wait until the wheel is finished as per the book ?

thanks in advance.

Edited By Brian Abbott on 12/09/2014 22:51:18