its' a 18L tank including the reserve - it does about 220 km up to reserve which is about 4.5L so may be I'll just take a 10 litre spare tank which will give me another 200 km .. With extra weight , wind etc the bike will burn more gas.
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Now I am considering taking a 10 L gas container -
If you’re going to use it yes. If you’re not it’ll just take up space.
Trust me I know the allure of tools that ‘I’ll use eventually’.
If you're not using it often, a good secure bench vise and some steel slugs works for many things. In a production environment an arbor press can pay for itself in the first day with rapid cycle time.
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Also not ideal but a drill press can also work in a pinch for many light presses.
sburns
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My thought, it would pay for itself with first use. To take the part into HD or indie with a shop rate of $100+ is practically the cost of the press.
Back burner stuff, I'll let it simmer a bit more...
As @GreyGhost said, a quality bench vise is a much more versatile tool and will be able to do 90 percent of your arbor press jobs.
Takes up less space as well.
If you are ever in need of an arbor press, hit me up. The drawback is I am on the other side of the city from you.
Takes up less space as well.
If you are ever in need of an arbor press, hit me up. The drawback is I am on the other side of the city from you.
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You guys have any links to bench vise? I'm more visual for things.
Like almost everything else, older and bigger is better. Estate sales are good. I picked up a decent size made in canada vise for $50. Come up with a system to attach it solidly to something heavy. Could be a workbenches, could be into the trailer hitch on your car.
There are some nice to have features like split nuts for rapid size changes that you probably wont find on most older vises but meh, you're not doing production.
Had the front of the Odyssey including fenders and roof front covered in XPEL film as I was tired of touching up rock chips. Thought about doing it myself but had a pro do it instead as the film ain’t cheap if I muck it up.
There's this place up in Perth that has a lot of stuff that we probably didn't know we couldn't live without.
Like almost everything else, older and bigger is better. Estate sales are good. I picked up a decent size made in canada vise for $50. Come up with a system to attach it solidly to something heavy. Could be a workbenches, could be into the trailer hitch on your car.
There are some nice to have features like split nuts for rapid size changes that you probably wont find on most older vises but meh, you're not doing production.
I know it's a long way for some, but it would be a nice ride this coming week.
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Mr. Burns, a vise is far more useful.
I suggest 4" or 5". Some folks will steer you towards a fixed base, but a swivel base is very handy. I've had one on my bench for twenty years, it has never slipped.
Something like this 4" one from Crappy Tire, $86.99: General PDP Template
You'll use the Arbor press once. A bench vise will be used everyday.
I suggest 4" or 5". Some folks will steer you towards a fixed base, but a swivel base is very handy. I've had one on my bench for twenty years, it has never slipped.
Something like this 4" one from Crappy Tire, $86.99: General PDP Template
You'll use the Arbor press once. A bench vise will be used everyday.
Agree with all on the bench top vise. One of the most used tools in the shop. Every job is easier when the work piece is secure. Plus it can always fill in for the world's biggest adjustable wrench (albiet stationary so you gotta be able to rotate the part....)
Pretty much every bench vise also has removable jaws. You can easily make yourself jaws from aluminum, plastic or wood for delicate items that you need to hold.
You can also form shapes into soft jaws to hole weird shaped items.
You can also form shapes into soft jaws to hole weird shaped items.
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Was it able to blend in/ cover up the previous stone chips (assuming you touched them up prior)?
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Thanks (and, everyone else) I have one of those, it was my dad's. But I'm not sure how I would use it to push in/out bearings and bushings with it being horizontal?
Like almost everything else, older and bigger is better. Estate sales are good. I picked up a decent size made in canada vise for $50. Come up with a system to attach it solidly to something heavy. Could be a workbenches, could be into the trailer hitch on your car.
There are some nice to have features like split nuts for rapid size changes that you probably wont find on most older vises but meh, you're not doing production.
I got this one on sale at Harbor Freight for about $55 US. Very versatile
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Reorient part. Vertical/horizontal just change work holding, the press is the same. Drill press to start could secure bearing to housing and then drive it home in vise. What parts are you trying to press bearings into? Something like steering head bearings would be a prick with an arbor press too.
Post pics of vise. Family heirloom tools are awesome. I may burgle my dads at some point for nostalgia but they arent good, that line of tools will start with me. I've got a record 3 in the basement, 4 swivel qr in the garage (both not vintage but still from made in England days) and a henry 5 from the estate sale.
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