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Thanks Tim. I used similar items (M8 brass) when I designed and built our oak kitchen island as I wanted the ability to disassemble it if ever we moved. Funnily enough, following Tim’s post, I have just ordered some for repairing our kitchen island door fixings, that Cecily took out with her mobility scooter. Tim
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I can't wait until you use that gadget you bought at the NEC last year, Tim..  Oh yes!
Jays
Former Morgan owner. Gone but hopefully not forgotten!
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I can't wait until you use that gadget you bought at the NEC last year, Tim.. Oh yes! I've already used it, chaps! For both car and domestic purposes, and jolly useful it was too. Not at all a daft impulse buy brought on by NEC excitement  Only 2 weeks to go before I get to buy another frivolous toy incredibly useful tool.
Tim H.
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Well, the trimming went well. The Bosch mini angle grinder is great for cutting nice straight lines, and I used a Dremel with a sanding drum to shape the curves.  The whole Bosch Professional 10.8V range is excellent, the tools are just so much lighter and more wieldy than the 18V jobs, and they are very nearly as powerful. Highly recommended. So having cut out the bits to go round the seatbelt mountings and the frame rail. I offered the wing up. The bit I was worried about was whether the curvature of the wing would match the curvature on the car, but all was ok and even propped into position with a couple of bits of wood there's still only a 20 thou gap, which will easily close up properly when I put the fasteners in.  I'm also very pleased with the colour match of the gel coat, I think the wings will polish up very nicely and I can avoid having to get them sprayed.
Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
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 Looking good Tim!
Graham (G4FUJ)
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2009 4/4 Henrietta
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+3 James
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It's always slightly irritating to see people with skills I will never posses.  That's a really great looking job.
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That colour match is excellent. Your plan looks like working out OK. Good luck with the next stage.
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