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May 17, 2020 12:00:06 GMT
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Good stuff Peter.
I hope you don't mind me picking you up on your grammar? But if no-one tells you you cannot ever learn.
Grind.
To grind, I grind, he grinds, I have done some grinding, I have ground some metal. Hope that helps?
Regards, Mark.
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glenanderson
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Rover P5B Coupe - MGB V8glenanderson
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May 17, 2020 15:23:50 GMT
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Don’t listen to him Peter! He’s got grass in his paint!
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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May 17, 2020 17:37:40 GMT
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Maybe we could all conjugate some verbs in Dutch? John
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May 17, 2020 17:55:40 GMT
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I hope people don't think I'm being picky, but having known several non English speakers they normally like any errors they make being corrected, as such I have learnt to let them know if that's the case.
I'm sure Peter will take it in the good way I meant.
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goldnrust
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May 17, 2020 18:34:04 GMT
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Lovely work Peter. Metal working just as neat as through as your wood working!
Good to see the little old Singer working hard too. I think mine is a little younger than yours, being a 50s model, but still very impressive to still be working well all these years later.
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May 17, 2020 20:25:26 GMT
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I hope people don't think I'm being picky, but having known several non English speakers they normally like any errors they make being corrected, as such I have learnt to let them know if that's the case. I'm sure Peter will take it in the good way I meant. No problems with you correcting my errors, Mark. The UK is an important country for classic car enthousiasts. Such as this forum and all the suppliers. I buy most of the classic car parts in the UK and then there is the very special sense of humor, you will not find anywhere else in the world. And therefore the language is important too. Don’t listen to him Peter! He’s got grass in his paint!  Maybe we could all conjugate some verbs in Dutch? John Communicating in Dutch on this forum would mean a lot of silence. We are a small country and used to speak other languages Lovely work Peter. Metal working just as neat as through as your wood working! Good to see the little old Singer working hard too. I think mine is a little younger than yours, being a 50s model, but still very impressive to still be working well all these years later. Thanks. Yes that Singer is the best Euro 60,- i spend on tools in years. It can handle leather, vinyl, carpets and the lighter materials and if you take the time the results are good. Not quick but i am to inexperienced to deal with a quick industrial sewing machine and could not justify the high price as it will only be used now and then. Spend some time on the Rover this afternoon After fettling a bit with the repair panel for the inner wing, it fitted pretty good. Drilled the holes for the plug welds and gave it a coat of weld through primer. Never used this before but it works well and does not cause any trouble during the welding.  After the primer was dry, the panel was fitted to the car and was plug welded   Plug welds are a bit thick but it gives good penetration More later Peter |
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May 17, 2020 21:40:19 GMT
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I just acquired a Singer 241-3 commercial machine. Learning to use it will not be easy, I'm sure, but that's my plan. John
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May 18, 2020 17:26:43 GMT
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I hope people don't think I'm being picky, but having known several non English speakers they normally like any errors they make being corrected, as such I have learnt to let them know if that's the case. I'm sure Peter will take it in the good way I meant. That has always been my experience and it seems that Peter agrees with you. Having learned some basic Nederlands many moons ago I know that het is en geen makkelijke taal om te leren and I was always happy enough if someone took the time to help with a word or pronunciation - especially if they added a new swear word to my vocabulary  .
Funny though that native English speakers get quite prickly if you offer any suggestions - you don't have to look hard to find examples of all out wars started online when someone corrects someone else's spelling or grammar.
I think that Peter's English is probably most certainly better than mine  . And, most importantly, the work he does transcends mere language!
Doeie.
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May 23, 2020 20:34:51 GMT
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Did some work on the Rover. The outer repair panel had a crack created during the manufacturing proces.  This was welded and dressed back before fitting the panel to the car.  The panel fitted pretty good. connected it with the inner repair panel with plug welds from the inner panel. All welds were dressed back am happy with the result. Checked if the door closed well and that there was no gap between door seal and outer panel  Where the panel meets the car body, the area is pretty smooth and will not need much filler  The lip on the outer panel was too high but left this untill the panel was fitted as it gave it a bit more strenght  Dressed back with a flap disk and fine tuning with a car body file  All plug welds were cleaned with the flap disk and finger belt grinder. Used a fair amount of belts. I found out that there are sanding machines which have the same lenght as my finger belt sander so i buy these and cut these in 7 belts with a scissor which works well and is much cheaper  and the cleaned up welds  Sealed all seams with seam sealer and gave the panel a coat of preimer with a brush to avoid flash rust  Thats it for now Peter |
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May 23, 2020 20:43:34 GMT
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I just acquired a Singer 241-3 commercial machine. Learning to use it will not be easy, I'm sure, but that's my plan. John That looks good!. My Singer also had a Singer motor fitted as an accesory but this was not powerfull. I did not care as these old sewing machines do not have much power at low rpms and as i did not have much experience, i did most of the work at low speed so used mostly the hand wheel. Modern industrial sewing machines have stepper motors which have a lot of torque at low rpms. good luck with the trials. For me Youtube was very usefull Peter
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teaboy
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Make tea, not war.
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May 24, 2020 20:36:07 GMT
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Hi Peter, I find that the blue coloured zirconium finger sander belts last a bit longer than the ordinary ones.
Your work is great but what I find most impressive is that you are prepared to tackle any kind of job and when you do, the results are always fantastic.
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May 25, 2020 18:18:06 GMT
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Hi Peter, I find that the blue coloured zirconium finger sander belts last a bit longer than the ordinary ones. Your work is great but what I find most impressive is that you are prepared to tackle any kind of job and when you do, the results are always fantastic. Cheers! Thanks for pointing me to the bleu coloured belts. I had a look at these and Makita sells these but are more than 1 Euro a piece abd i cannot find the blue wider bands which i can cut up. The red ones cost me approx. Euro 0,25 a piece when i cut these from the wider sanding belts so the bleu ones should last 4-5 times longer. Will give it a try when i run out of red ones
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May 27, 2020 18:39:28 GMT
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Did some more work on the Rover. Over to the LH side. There were some rust marks on the same position as on the RH side. After removing the paint and some poking with a screw driver, 3 holes were visible.  It looks like someone did some work with copper brazing  After some poking, the top of the sills on the rear was in poor condition  And the inner wing after removing the coating, also showed severe rust  As i have an inner wing repair panel, the rusted one was removed from the car by drilling out the spot welds  Inside there was only a bit of surface rust and most of the surface was covered in sticky Tectyl which i applied some 5 years ago. It was nice to see that the rest of the sill was in good condition with lots of sticky Tectyl  Next step was to make repair the outer panel A piece was cut out untill good metal was found and a repair piece made and clamped into position with a piece of copper clamper to the back side  And welded in with the welds dressed back  Thats it for now Peter |
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May 27, 2020 20:41:53 GMT
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The rover is going to last many more years now, good job!
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May 27, 2020 22:59:53 GMT
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Nice job Peter
John
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May 28, 2020 17:10:41 GMT
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The rover is going to last many more years now, good job! Thanks. I quess it will last for a few years. Besides some small spots, this was the only rust after living outside and driving it threw the winter for 5-6 years. Its not bad Cheers John! Did some more work on the Rover today. Had a look at the LH rear sill area. After removing the inner wing piece, i saw some rust at the rear end of the sill. After scraping off the paint and filler, some holes were visible so i decided to cut of the rear end of the sill and the other rusted areas  Underneath a picture of the rusted piece of the sill  First job was to weld in a repair piece for the lower part of the D post  Then made a repair piece for the upper part of the sill end which has a bend with a redius which matched with a 10mm drill which was also used for aligning the repair piece  and welded it in  next was the larger piece welded in  and the end piece welded in and cleaned up  After some more cleaning up, i am happy with the result  Thats it for now Peter |
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Did some work on the Rover. first job was to drill holes for the plug welds on the inner wheel arch repair panel and give ot a coat of weld through primer  welded in the repair panel and dressed back all the plug welds  Removed some paint and filler where de lower D post meets the sill. There was no visible rust but the previous ownver did not apply seam sealer to there kind of places and because that are the places where rust often start, i seam sealed it with a small amount of sealer  On this side, the SS sill trim was also fitted with large screws so the holes were filled by welding  After giving the outer surface of the repair panel a coat of Hydrate 80 because of some pitting, all seams were sealed and a coat of epoxy primer was applied  Thats it for now Peter |
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Maybe we could all conjugate some verbs in Dutch? John Communicating in Dutch on this forum would mean a lot of silence. We are a small country and used to speak other languages There are a few dutch people on here, so it would not be completely silent. Some great workmanship on display with your projects! Groeten, Daan |
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Communicating in Dutch on this forum would mean a lot of silence. We are a small country and used to speak other languages There are a few dutch people on here, so it would not be completely silent. Some great workmanship on display with your projects! Groeten, Daan Bedankt (Thanks) Did some work on the Rover. The rear wing had some rust spots
 This is a well knowm rust spot for a P5 as dirt stacks up there. There are also some stone chip rust spots on the bottom part, luckily just surface rust  In the picture underneath, you can see the bracket which causes the rust trap  Drilled out all the spot welds and removed the bracket and then the rust trap becomes visible  After some poking, a few holes were found  first made repair piece for the outer part, using a piece of angle iron for aligning  Then welded in the side piece and dressed back the welds  Then started scrping off als the underseal, Found the factory original brown primer underneath with few rust so i believe during the previous resto, an NOS wing was used.  Thats it for now Peter |
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As a fellow Dutchman I can only say: stunning and thorough work. This attention to quality is what makes these cars survive in our climate.
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. And, most importantly, the work he does transcends mere language!
