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Old 14-01-07, 06:03 PM   #1
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Came up with the blinding idea of making a ground anchor for a bike by using a bucket as a mould for a big lump of concrete with a suitable shaped lump of metal in it?

Because I've done just that, and its bloody brilliant! SV safe and secure now, the lump weighs almost as much as the bike!

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Old 14-01-07, 06:30 PM   #2
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I thank you.

Bucketsafe is a registered trademark
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Old 14-01-07, 11:43 PM   #3
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what metal did you use, sir
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Old 15-01-07, 08:06 AM   #4
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He says it's as heavy as the bike, the clue's are all there - LEAD!
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Old 15-01-07, 08:20 AM   #5
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Lead i cut out lead pipe at work day in day out, you do realise you can cut through lead with a butter knife! ok not quite but i once used the saw blade on a leatherman to cut some out. Still i suppose it`s the whole deterrent thing
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Old 15-01-07, 08:40 AM   #6
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He says it's as heavy as the bike, the clue's are all there - LEAD!
OK - so Mark I version uses lead

Mark II - maybe try a large hardened steel ring spanner. Was going to try this myself and just concrete it into the floor.
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Old 15-01-07, 08:50 AM   #7
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Nip into your nearest scrap dealers, theres one here for Hovi5. They will probably let you wander around to find something suitable, I managed to find a some 1 inch chain links.
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Old 15-01-07, 08:52 AM   #8
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i was after a bit of scaffolding, its a threaded bar with an eye on the end its about an inch diamiter
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Old 15-01-07, 12:28 PM   #9
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what metal did you use, sir

Ford Capri steering colum, bent in a press (loadsa pressure) and welded to a big lump of metal, which was inturn welded to another big lump of metal that has a 90 degree bend to make a flat bit that makes it stand up in the bucket.

Gonna need something noisy to cut through that...

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Old 15-01-07, 12:29 PM   #10
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He says it's as heavy as the bike, the clue's are all there - LEAD!
Lead is quite soft, very poor interatomic bonding (shall i go on?)

Although bloody heavy. Might be worth integrating lead into future designs...

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