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I am trying to contact Craig Seabrook in Novelty, Ohio. I am planning to restore my TD dashboard and instruments this winter and want to buy a wooden dashboard, trim, etc. I am having trouble finding him. Perhaps he is not in business anymore. He was a very knowledgable resource and had the right replacement parts.

If you know of his status, please advise. If he is not in business now, has ...

Thank you all for help and suggestions. Finally decided to do a total take down. Replaced hoses and cylinders. Noticed the shoes on the right were not worn evenly. Replaced the uneven shoes, put it back together, changed the brake fluid, bleed them, payed close attention when adjusting them and Voila.....nice tight brakes, and smooth even stopping.

It's about 40 years ago now when one of the technicians at the local technical college showed me how to hand grind larger drills and they had a small blackboard IIRC next to the grinder that you arced the drill against to leave a trace so you could check the cutting edges were the same height.

My neighbour uses the type in the image and has done so since I've known him, now over 30 years,...

I do mine by hand too. I have tried various jigs that other people had but found them fiddly. I guess I have a bit of an advantage doing the sort of sizes you do at home as in my engineering days I had to sharpen upto three inch diameter at times and if you get them wrong you can end up with a rather large hole!

Trev

Finally been able to test out the new Venhill cable. Pedal movement is now smooth from beginning to end, not stiff or notchy any more.

Also the cable I bought has enough left over to make a spare cable :)

Thanks to all for advice and pointers, and for the Venhill recommendation.

Just received my new MC plunger rod. Previous owner ground 1/2” off the old rod, figured out he screwed up and added the crude bushing/spacer into the piston bore.

Mystery solved.

Regards, Tom

I'm with Willie and Jan on this. There is no substitute for learning to reset drills by hand.
My "success" rate is way better than 7/10 though; anything from 1/8" to 3/4" I can set successfully on my bench grinder but I was taught by a master (Pete Greig, are you still out there)?
I frequently reset tip angles to suit what material I'm cutting too.
The stone must be clean, fine and d...

DHL just announced it will NOT accept shipments to the U.S.

Regards, Tom

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Counting down to more daylight robbery in the coming autumn budget.

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“Our plans are fully funded and fully costed,”

"We won't raise taxes on working people"

Just two examples of the BLATANT LIES BY LABOUR, that saw them elected on a tissue of LIES.

In other countries it may have led to blood on the streets by now....

I know new drills are shaped/sharpened by machine, but personally I like to sharpen my drills by hand on the grinder. The results are probably not perfect but there's a self satisfaction factor in doing it yourself and getting a result. My average would be similar to Jan -- 7/10 but in saying that it's also just as interesting interesting to diagnose a failure and go again--
willy