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Gillinghampaul
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Just thought id share some pics with you all,
I recently had my tank repaired, the guy is local to me and keeps himself to himself but his job is making this stuff by hand as commissioned, no machinery at all, and alot by eye!
He cut the bottom corner out of my tank then made a new section and welded it back in! Ill get photos of the tank up soon too!
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Proper craftsman ..wish I could do that !!
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Lovely, highly skilled English wheel and other techniques (think I can see the rig in the background)
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It really is what we do best in this country,
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andyw114
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| Its good to see work like that. Sadly its a skill that is getting thin on the ground. |
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Gillinghampaul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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He charged my £100 to do my tank and i thought that was fair, he said he is happy to do more if anyone needs work doing but prices will be on assessment
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Top-shaggy
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| He charged my £100 to do my tank and i thought that was fair, he said he is happy to do more if anyone needs work doing but prices will be on assessment |
Hmmm.. I wonder if he can make an alloy fuel tank based on the original Kawasaki race team AR125R design? I may have a GRP version very soon, but would really really like an alloy tank in the same design..?
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The Cameraman
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| Gillinghampaul wrote: |
| He charged my £100 to do my tank and i thought that was fair, he said he is happy to do more if anyone needs work doing but prices will be on assessment |
Hmmm.. I wonder if he can make an alloy fuel tank based on the original Kawasaki race team AR125R design? I may have a GRP version very soon, but would really really like an alloy tank in the same design..? |
Hey Shaun,
any chance of you posting an image of the AR125R tank, so we can decide if it'd work for dads project? If so, and the chap was interested, we could order at least a pair?
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Gillinghampaul
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He can definately make it, not sure how we would go about a pattern? I will ask the question though and see if we can get an idea on price
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