jimdogge
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Warrant Officer · 723 pts
london, Greater London, United Kingdom
Member since Jul 2018
Last online 11 months ago
Age 74
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semi retired plumbing and gas heating engineer
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Bending 7/32” tubinghi mate, have a look around a plumbing or air con suppliers l have a small set of copper pipe benders that will bend pipe from 3/8 id down to 1/8 if all else fails anneal the pipe pack it with fine sand then b…♥ 5 likes566 viewsFT009 racing boatsHi Davidm3. Had a rummage through the spares box and replace the RX control box completely and put in a brushed speed controller. Managed to fit in a 1500ma 3sel battery. Runs ok on the bench and in my fish po…♥ 6 likes667 viewsFT009 racing boatsHi Hermank l agree with RodC if you attend the club meets and go to the main exhibitions you cant help but come home with some thing that for you is a piece of gold. you also have to lucky to be in the right p…♥ 6 likes713 viewsFT009 racing boatsHi chaps hope all is well. Went to Headcorn the southern model show last week with the Chantry model boat club. What a beautiful couple of days bagged a few bargains well happy. picked up FT 009 racing boat fo…♥ 6 likes8 replies1,245 viewsGlueAHH the smell of banana oil I've gone back 65 odd years watching my dad and some of his brothers brushing in banana oil around their Mills diesel engines as fuel proofer. Stay safe, Jim.♥ 6 likes680 viewssail making.Hi chaps refurbing my Robbe Smaradg l needed a new jib sail never tried to make one before but thought l would have a go. Used another smaradg sail as a template, ordered up the parts and had a go. Made a good…♥ 2 likes14 replies1,439 viewssail making'Hi chaps, I,m referbing my Robbe smaradg at the moment. Made myself a new set of sails not bad for a first attempt. A couple of questions, is there a reason the sails are made in panels and not in one piece if…1 comment496 viewsSmaragd RestorationWell done Allen, I,ve rebuilt 2 smaragd,s they are lovely boats to sail. l kept very close to the original materials. but did beef up the sail track' I did try putting a strong spring on the end pulley to take…♥ 13 likes901 viewsrattle paint canshi chaps, thanks for the replies. The brushing it out seems to have worked, its not flat flat but l recon a bit of 400 grit and elbow grease will do the trick. I did try to use the original spray can tops, hor…♥ 9 likes728 viewsrattle paint cansHi chaps, got the right hump, bought three rattle cans from a well known motoring supplies used two and got a really good finish ready for the final coats and a good polish. This Was not to be, the third can t…♥ 9 likes11 replies1,140 views