Mudflap Repair

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Hartmut,
 
I did in fact vee out the splits with my Dremel but I didn't want to complicate the instructions too much.  Veeing is the superior technique because it increases the bond area.  It is best done with a small grinder but can also be done with a rough diamond burr.
 
For those not familiar with the Dremel, it is a small, high-speed hand grinder (controllable up to 40,000 RPM) which uses a collet chuck to hold an amazing (but also expensive!) variety of drills, burrs, stones, diamond points, even tiny cloth buffs of about 20 mm diameter.  They used to be ferociously expensive (I paid $240 for mine fifteen or more years ago), but they have come down a very long way in price.  I think that I have seen them in Bunnings.  The appropriate tool for veeing out the crack in the mudflaps is a small pointed grindstone, up to 10 mm diameter max.
 
It is now possible to buy diamond points and burrs from big weekend markets at prices that are incomprehensibly low.  I bought a set in a box a couple of years ago - 20 for $24!!  Diamond cutting wheels are also available, 25 mm diameter, about .5 mm thick, ideal for glass.
 
Am I a tool nut?  You judge.  (Elke, is Hartmut a tool nut?)
 
Les
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Elke Kiehn
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Mudflap wanted

Oh dear - have we opened a can of worms here??????
 
We buy it normally from Homeware or Mitre 10 as we are no Bunnings fans......
It is not a special thing Mark - it has been on the market for many years. It is Swiss and it works.
And with Les' brilliant instructions there is just one more thing to add maybe - I cut a deep V groove into the crack using a small angle grinder and let the Sikaflex cure for approx. 1 week (lying flat) before I put the flap back on again.
 
Good luck
Hartmut.
 
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Les - he most certainly is - you want to see his workshop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He says  one tool is a lathe and then I find him standing next to it with a micrometer and with the left hand scratching his head.......there is also a multi ton press right next to my washing machine and don't ask me how many power tools and by the way also a Dremel!!!
 
What do you expect???? He collects these things and never parts with them.....they all have come a long way from Germany, via South Africa into OZ!!!!!! They will be buried with him.
I am just glad he sold the Schwimmwagen and the Kuebelwagen, otherwise they would also stand right next to his 1958 Porsche Tractor!!!!!!! 2 cylinder aircooled Diesel of course.
 
And of course the areoplane (Renegade Biplane ) will be mounted on a stick on top of his grave - 3/4 finished......
 
I think I deserve a medal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Elke
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Harris
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:26 PM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Mudflap Repair

Hartmut,
 
I did in fact vee out the splits with my Dremel but I didn't want to complicate the instructions too much.  Veeing is the superior technique because it increases the bond area.  It is best done with a small grinder but can also be done with a rough diamond burr.
 
For those not familiar with the Dremel, it is a small, high-speed hand grinder (controllable up to 40,000 RPM) which uses a collet chuck to hold an amazing (but also expensive!) variety of drills, burrs, stones, diamond points, even tiny cloth buffs of about 20 mm diameter.  They used to be ferociously expensive (I paid $240 for mine fifteen or more years ago), but they have come down a very long way in price.  I think that I have seen them in Bunnings.  The appropriate tool for veeing out the crack in the mudflaps is a small pointed grindstone, up to 10 mm diameter max.
 
It is now possible to buy diamond points and burrs from big weekend markets at prices that are incomprehensibly low.  I bought a set in a box a couple of years ago - 20 for $24!!  Diamond cutting wheels are also available, 25 mm diameter, about .5 mm thick, ideal for glass.
 
Am I a tool nut?  You judge.  (Elke, is Hartmut a tool nut?)
 
Les
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Elke Kiehn
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] Re: Mudflap wanted

Oh dear - have we opened a can of worms here??????
 
We buy it normally from Homeware or Mitre 10 as we are no Bunnings fans......
It is not a special thing Mark - it has been on the market for many years. It is Swiss and it works.
And with Les' brilliant instructions there is just one more thing to add maybe - I cut a deep V groove into the crack using a small angle grinder and let the Sikaflex cure for approx. 1 week (lying flat) before I put the flap back on again.
 
Good luck
Hartmut.
 
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