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SimonT

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Neil / Colin - nutty as a fruit cake as they say around here. Should have just binned it and pretended I'd not bought anything :smiling5:


The jig didn't work - too much flex as suspected. Have made various attempts to the point where I have lost count

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this is the latest attempt - it actually looks a bit more promising although some of the spacings are a little off

Trying to get evenly spaced blocks is a nightmare on something this small
 

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Simon this is incredible! Please show a shot with something next to it for scale. I'm sure it will look fine to the average Mark 1 Eyeball and not the unforgiving microscope that digital photography allows!
How many do you need to do?
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Morning Neil - it is about 12mm diameter

Only need to make one master so I can cast a set of four
 

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Morning Mr T,
Shame the jig was a lemon....looked promising. Hopefully the latest incarnation produces a result!
 

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Ah, it did produce a result but not a good one

Just been trimming it in readiness for attempting the tread blocks and it has all gone horribly wrong

Back to the drawing board again
 

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Hi Simon
Shame about the jig. The latest photo looked ok. I am sure Neil is right that it actually looks better in real life.
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Marty - they look decidedly odd. I wonder how well they work

Jim - it might have done, but it definitely doesn’t now :rolling:
 

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I'm feelin your pain with wheels. Not looking good with the Bison ones I'm afraid. Will update this weekend
 
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