- Location
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hi all
four months ago my 1990 Bentley Turbo R caught fire in my home garage. The car was a write off and the garage was gutted back to a shell that needed repairing.
The garage rebuild is almost complete, and today I was able to bring the motorcycles home, they have been in storage since the day after the fire in mid November 2020. A couple of photos attached.
there were 9 motorcycles in the garage at the time of the fire. The 1966 Garelli 150 I was building to run Moto Giro events was closest to the burning car and got badly damaged. The 84 Laverda RGS Executive was next in line, got its windscreen and mirrors melted off and some other bits and bobs. The 79 Laverda 1200 Mirage got covered in fire fighting foam and a lot of soot, one of its mirrors melted, that was about it. The rest of the bikes were not really affected. I will replace tires on at least the RGS and the 1200, and everything needs a good going over and deep clean. I suspect I may have to replace a few batteries as well, but I have not tried to start anything yet.
I have replaced the air compressor with a larger dual stage pump in an 80 gallon tank. I am working my way down the list of tools to replace, and am looking for tool brand suggestions.
For general home garage use I can't justify the cost of the high speed steel tap and die sets, but I am thinking high carbon steel maybe titanium coated. I want to buy a large set, both SAE and Metric, 100 + pieces, any brand suggestions?
For files, I previously had a mixture of Grobet, Pferd, Simonds, and Nicholson, acquired mostly individually over the last 45+ years. The current prices of the Grobet files startled me, I am thinking I would like to buy a large file set, in at least 8 and 10 inch lengths, Flat Smooth, Flat Bastard, Mill Bastard, Round Bastard, a rasp or two, some half round, etc. Any brand or set suggestions for machinist and general use files? I want decent quality. Suggestions?
Paul LeClair
four months ago my 1990 Bentley Turbo R caught fire in my home garage. The car was a write off and the garage was gutted back to a shell that needed repairing.
The garage rebuild is almost complete, and today I was able to bring the motorcycles home, they have been in storage since the day after the fire in mid November 2020. A couple of photos attached.
there were 9 motorcycles in the garage at the time of the fire. The 1966 Garelli 150 I was building to run Moto Giro events was closest to the burning car and got badly damaged. The 84 Laverda RGS Executive was next in line, got its windscreen and mirrors melted off and some other bits and bobs. The 79 Laverda 1200 Mirage got covered in fire fighting foam and a lot of soot, one of its mirrors melted, that was about it. The rest of the bikes were not really affected. I will replace tires on at least the RGS and the 1200, and everything needs a good going over and deep clean. I suspect I may have to replace a few batteries as well, but I have not tried to start anything yet.
I have replaced the air compressor with a larger dual stage pump in an 80 gallon tank. I am working my way down the list of tools to replace, and am looking for tool brand suggestions.
For general home garage use I can't justify the cost of the high speed steel tap and die sets, but I am thinking high carbon steel maybe titanium coated. I want to buy a large set, both SAE and Metric, 100 + pieces, any brand suggestions?
For files, I previously had a mixture of Grobet, Pferd, Simonds, and Nicholson, acquired mostly individually over the last 45+ years. The current prices of the Grobet files startled me, I am thinking I would like to buy a large file set, in at least 8 and 10 inch lengths, Flat Smooth, Flat Bastard, Mill Bastard, Round Bastard, a rasp or two, some half round, etc. Any brand or set suggestions for machinist and general use files? I want decent quality. Suggestions?
Paul LeClair
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