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19-06-17, 08:18
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Mike, I think you have misunderstood the wheel part. I have some other English wheels that are the same as the English looking wheels on the Vickers but they are about 15mm wider than the English carriers ones. If fact what I will do is take a few photo's of the two side by side so the difference can be seen clearly. I have got enough original Vickers wheels to complete one and I'll have to settle for the carrier ones for the other. Beggars can't be choosers.
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19-06-17, 08:35
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Hi Colin , if you were cunning , you could turn the rubber off the old rims down to the steel and then get good LP ones and cut the hubs out of those and machine them back to the right size, and press them onto the original rims as a press fit....don't we just all love machining stuff! cheers Andrew.
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30-06-17, 06:00
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Hi Andrew, a very interesting thought. I have already thought of trying to find a forklift replacement that I maybe able to machine down but I think your Idea is much better.
I have been caught up the last couple of weeks working on a friends big bus and finished it yesterday and now back on my priority. I have prepared the new floors and drilled them ready for riveting. I'm also waiting for my new air rivet gun to turn up as my big one packed up and my small one just doesn't cut it.
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30-06-17, 06:06
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As you can see, I flipped them on their side to make it easier for riveting and drilling the last few that I just couldn't get to up side down. It is nice to work on clean hulls with clean steel.
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30-06-17, 08:21
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Colin, what happened to Bob M's mold that was (I think)producing re rubbered LP2 wheels only a little west of you?
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30-06-17, 08:26
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Looking a bit like a 1930's Vickers factory now, Colin.
 David
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30-06-17, 10:36
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Lynn, I think Hugh Davis got that mould but there is a couple of forklift places here that can re-rubber for me.
Dave, it is looking a bit like that of course that's not a bad thing. 
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30-06-17, 13:01
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Quote:
Last edited by James P; 01-07-17 at 03:12.
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01-07-17, 01:49
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Hi Colin. What is wrong with your gun?
I have a contact address for a guy in the states that supplied a new piston and clip for my second rivet gun. I will find the email address if you want it. (contact supplied by Michael R.) My two guns are both 1 1/16" bore. One is 4" stroke, the other an 8" stroke. Pistons are different lengths. I could send you a gun to use, but that would be expensive. I'm sure you can sort one out closer.
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