Just kidding. I'm sure you'll try it the other way
Like bedroom pleasure, there is no "right" or "wrong" way
Is there any tapered piano wire?
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 02:32 PM
Rear, of course. How do I know? I just know.
Just kidding. I'm sure you'll try it the other way
Like bedroom pleasure, there is no "right" or "wrong" way
Just kidding. I'm sure you'll try it the other way
Like bedroom pleasure, there is no "right" or "wrong" way
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:34 PM
...................Well...........Ummm...........maybe there COULD BE a wrong way...Like bedroom pleasure, there is no "right" or "wrong" way
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:40 PM
John sweet, can I buy two from you? 
Nesta
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:56 PM
Question John is it possible to make one that is tapered before the motor bracket is solder in?
Between motor bracket and the front piece, I hope you get what I mean?
Nesta
Between motor bracket and the front piece, I hope you get what I mean?
Nesta
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Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 04:19 PM
John sweet, can I buy two from you?
I understand you're kidding, but just in case...the postage would cost more than the piano wire Nesta. You can make as many as you want that taper in any way you want in no time... quicker than even asking here if there is such a thing as tapered piano wire.
Question John is it possible to make one that is tapered before the motor bracket is solder in?
Between motor bracket and the front piece, I hope you get what I mean?
The one pictured was made before the motor bracket was soldered in. This all is dead easy, and I'm certainly no bigtime chassis builder. Minimal tools, skill and time required.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 04:58 PM
Wouldn't Nesta's idea be similar to the old brass tubing with piano wire inside? You know, flex and spring. 
I believe Don Siegel told me he used to do that.
I believe Don Siegel told me he used to do that.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 05:13 PM
John, I was not kidding. Anyway when I build one I will have the tapered part after the motor bracket for a half inch to a inch, then back to normal size, I guess it would have a soft spot on the main rail! 
If you get my drift?
Nesta
If you get my drift?
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Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 05:43 PM
D'you think your drift would behave different in any fundamental way from this?
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 05:45 PM
Then you should make some Nesta. For anyone doing "scratchbuilding", this is a ridiculously easy thing and it's better even than if you could buy tapered piano wire because you can do the tapering any way you want...even have the wire taper and then "untaper" back to original width along it's length. Try it, you could have already made a dozen tapered rails and maybe even go into the Tapered Rail Supply business. Now if you were asking about making one of those Rick Thigpen or Steve O'Keefe anglewinder motor boxes...then I'd say you actually had a real problem.
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 05:59 PM
I think so, Gary.Wouldn't Nesta's idea be similar to the old brass tubing with piano wire inside? You know, flex and spring
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 08:57 PM
John I will absolutely build one,just for the fun of it. 
I think it will work really good to!
Nesta
I think it will work really good to!
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Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
