Shims and valve collets

[Paul Marx]

@stivesvelo Phil Todd prob has a bucket of shims- I think he's in Croydon so 20 miles from you?

Phil left Whyteleafe over 25 years ago. As for Croydon, that was before.
Paul

 

[Paul Marx]

I do my shims on an oilstone. You can block the inside of a hand drill chuck in them, makes the work quicker.
Paul

 

[CLEMTOG]

I do mine on the side of a wet stone grinder (white wheel) and I use an old valve to hold the shim, a dob of oil/grease on the tip ensures that the shim rotates as you touch it on the side of the grinder, leaves a lovely "spoke like" pattern, but be carefull, easy to go too far, plus ALWAYS ensure the the pocket inside the shim is nice and flat, some are not, pointed even, and of course clean, at one time I did have a bolt on atatchment with a valve guide silver soldered to it to hold the valve, and keep it square, but the grinder went west and I lost the atatchment, hey ho!
CLEM

 

[IAG]

Phil left Whyteleafe over 25 years ago. As for Croydon, that was before.
Paul

Correct as usual (except about the whole bike market collapse thing)! Had to peek the address book-Phil's in the Stickney area, perhaps even closer to @stivesvelo

 

[pf1]

When I talked to Ged Shorten last week he told me had bought all of Slaters shim stock. Don't expect him to part with them easily though unless you have a swop.

 

[Paul Marx]

Andy Wagner has shims.
He's taking orders before closing for 6 months from November.
Paul

 

[sfc vintage]

Andy Wagner has shims.
He's taking orders before closing for 6 months from November.
Paul

Hi Paul
Yes it is closing time

 

[stivesvelo]

I do mine on the side of a wet stone grinder (white wheel) and I use an old valve to hold the shim, a dob of oil/grease on the tip ensures that the shim rotates as you touch it on the side of the grinder, leaves a lovely "spoke like" pattern, but be carefull, easy to go too far, plus ALWAYS ensure the the pocket inside the shim is nice and flat, some are not pointed even and of course clean, at one time I did have a bolt on atatchment with a valve guide silver soldered to it to hold the valve, and keep it square, but the grinder went west and I lost the atatchment, hey ho!
CLEM

Not seen one since the 1960s in the school woodwork shop, manual with a handle to get it going if I remember rightly ( probably not though). I could do with one to re-grind my wood chisels & plane irons without overheating them!

 

[CLEMTOG]

Clarke CWS200B 200mm Whetstone Sharpener (230V) - Machine Mart

www.machinemart.co.uk

 

[motoddrob]

I've got one of those whetstones, same machine different branding. You get what you pay for. There is a reason a proper one cost twice as much.
I got mine from a deceased estate brand new in the box for a fraction of the new cost. Chinese crap!!!

 

[EncinoBoy]

Didn't read all the posts but I sold Wolfgang Haerter a LOT of shims recently. Contact him and keep your
positive vibes up....

 

[stivesvelo]

When I talked to Ged Shorten last week he told me had bought all of Slaters shim stock. Don't expect him to part with them easily though unless you have a swop.

Progress!!!

Thanks, he's up to the eyeballs in work but has managed put some in the post, so pleased to say it looks like I'm sorted !

 

[pf1]

Ged's a good guy, he told me he was awarding me prick of the week for assembling something wrong recently. I was honoured to be regarded so highly ha ha!