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26 minutes ago, Randell said:

Many of you may have seen this before but I have just come across it, it should please both the bike riders and the aeroplane bunch.

 

 

Built by an Aussie guy by the name of Lucky Keizer. The V twin engine came from two cylinders sliced off one of the Merlins on a crashed Mosquito.  First time I've seen it with that cowling though, which looks pretty good.

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OMG!  Honda RC174, a 300 cc 6 cylinder bike with about 64 HP back around 1966/67.  Mike Hailwood won with it.  This guy did some genuine repros.  Honda bought one. £200,000.  You have to read the details to get an idea of just how outrageous this bike was. There were only 2 originals made. Insane sound ... as you can imagine from a 6-pack of 50cc bikes.

 

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/mike-hailwoods-honda-rc174-replica-reborn

 

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3 hours ago, seedy said:

My Father, during his apprenticeship, was required to make a block of steel a perfect 1" cube. With hand files.

Goes to show you how far we have come !

My first job was in a tool and die shop owned by guys from the UK. I had to make a square block into a sphere with files. 

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On 11/13/2021 at 10:15 AM, Yellowtail said:

My first job was in a tool and die shop owned by guys from the UK. I had to make a square block into a sphere with files. 

Our filing instructor was ex-submariner. Apparently on submarines they don't have much space for storage so didn't store square section steel. So we made square section out of round. 

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On 11/13/2021 at 6:40 AM, seedy said:

My Father, during his apprenticeship, was required to make a block of steel a perfect 1" cube. With hand files.

Goes to show you how far we have come !

And then he probably cut a perfect square hole in another piece of steel and the 1" cube had to fit through perfectly in any position? Tested by holding up to the light. 

Ask me how I know?

Actually my piece was 1" square by about 1 1/2 long. But may have been metric.

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On 11/13/2021 at 6:40 AM, seedy said:

My Father, during his apprenticeship, was required to make a block of steel a perfect 1" cube. With hand files.

Goes to show you how far we have come !

Yes,

a different fileosophy back when.

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3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

And then he probably cut a perfect square hole in another piece of steel and the 1" cube had to fit through perfectly in any position? Tested by holding up to the light. 

Ask me how I know?

Actually my piece was 1" square by about 1 1/2 long. But may have been metric.

papa liked whittling:

an indian head,

a moose-head neckerchief slide,

a tiki mask.

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