Anyone know someone with a lathe that will do me something...

Originally Posted by maclovin

fanarr fanarr lol . could you find some 54 dia steel/ally put a steel plate on cooker with metal diameter on top heat it then push plastic diameter on to hot to expand it ? or does the external diameter need to stay the same ?

Yea the same diameter on the outside ... Ha ha, It dont seem to be an easy one off job.

Problem is the only people that do big runs are in America and that causes a lot of issues sending them over and all that.

tbh your best off with a flap wheel. theres a good chance that you will crush them in a lathe with a thin plastic wallthickness. and if thet are "slits" in the bottom theres also the chance you will catch one on the tool and then you can kill it goodbye.

however if you must have a go im in huddersfield and could get them done for ya but i would think your better off with a flap wheel and a drill!!!!!

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

tbh your best off with a flap wheel. theres a good chance that you will crush them in a lathe with a thin plastic wallthickness. and if thet are "slits" in the bottom theres also the chance you will catch one on the tool and then you can kill it goodbye.

however if you must have a go im in huddersfield and could get them done for ya but i would think your better off with a flap wheel and a drill!!!!!

Flap wheels?

Its basically like a drill bit with lits of "flaps" of spand paper on them. Couple of quid from wilkos! Used for taking paint off or deburring stuff.

http://www.isplc2006.org/b2b/crude_o..._with_158.html

Interesting Idea. Might have a look at it. You think that would work if im a little cautious?

yes!

For fecks sake... My butterflies have come and my brother seems to think they dont fit which doesnt make much sense since the bore is bang on 54mm and the Butterflies are supposed to be. Sigh. I just hope its him being a numpty! Grrr.

You could always not mess about with boring the velocity stocks out...

On a serious note, if you could jig the stacks up yourself with something that pops into a drill you could bore the plastic out with some sand paper / emery cloth and theoretically still keep the stacks round. I've used a drill to do something similar on an external diameter.

F*ck knows how you jig it up though, I'm just an ideas man.

Originally Posted by Jase22

You could always not mess about with boring the velocity stocks out...

On a serious note, if you could jig the stacks up yourself with something that pops into a drill you could bore the plastic out with some sand paper / emery cloth and theoretically still keep the stacks round. I've used a drill to do something similar on an external diameter.

F*ck knows how you jig it up though, I'm just an ideas man.

Ha ha. I kinda need to bore the Velocity stacks out since Ive bored the Throttle's out.

I talked to my brother, they did go in. I think he put them in upside down though as they arnt sealing right, there is a lip on one edge as they are cut at 8* to get a propper fit...

Just hope he dont try to make them fit! heh.

Cheers.