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Complete Restoration of a Black Shadow
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 127706" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>If this is to be done it should be done well and lessons could be learned from Mike's efforts. I mean no offense to Mike but particularly in some of his earlier postings there were errors which detracted from the general ease with which information can be picked up via this medium. You are clearly an intelligent and highly educated person but consider if you were to be writing a text book on your speciality. I have done this and know that it pays to check and recheck sources and facts. If this is to be your first Vincent rebuild then no matter what your intellect there will be people. Greg is an example, who have more experience in the practicalities of the process than most other individuals. You also need to access more than one source. I will not mention the name but I have seen a video produced by a very well thought of Vincent specialist that contained a serious error. Because of his status that error will be repeated. I think that this would be a really useful project and should aid those who come after us to prolong the useful life of our bikes. My suggestion would be to try to find a few people who have a lot of experience and get them to review each section/chapter of the document before finalising it. This would not be an onerous task for each individual as the 'bite sized' sections would be relatively short, and there might even be some disagreement among these experts, which might indicate that there is more than one way of successfully tackling each process. Good luck with what should be a very worthwhile project.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to longevity of the final product; a few years ago I renovated and modernised an 1860 manufactured telescope that was one of the highlights of the Victorian era instrument makers art. This was fifteen feet long and weighed many tons. Without destroying the appearance I manged to incorporated stepper motor drives and computer control. This meant inventing a totally new type of telescope drive. The final task was to produce a 'users manual' which could be used for centuries. The telescope was already about one hundred and fifty years old when I did the work and there is no reason it cannot last for more time than that into the future. So how does one try to ensure longevity of the documentation. In my case there was two printed copies, one copy on DVD and another on a USB stick. There were also instructions in the handbook that the content should be copied to updated formats roughly every ten years to ensure that machine readable copies were available to whatever future technologies occur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 127706, member: 456"] If this is to be done it should be done well and lessons could be learned from Mike's efforts. I mean no offense to Mike but particularly in some of his earlier postings there were errors which detracted from the general ease with which information can be picked up via this medium. You are clearly an intelligent and highly educated person but consider if you were to be writing a text book on your speciality. I have done this and know that it pays to check and recheck sources and facts. If this is to be your first Vincent rebuild then no matter what your intellect there will be people. Greg is an example, who have more experience in the practicalities of the process than most other individuals. You also need to access more than one source. I will not mention the name but I have seen a video produced by a very well thought of Vincent specialist that contained a serious error. Because of his status that error will be repeated. I think that this would be a really useful project and should aid those who come after us to prolong the useful life of our bikes. My suggestion would be to try to find a few people who have a lot of experience and get them to review each section/chapter of the document before finalising it. This would not be an onerous task for each individual as the 'bite sized' sections would be relatively short, and there might even be some disagreement among these experts, which might indicate that there is more than one way of successfully tackling each process. Good luck with what should be a very worthwhile project. When it comes to longevity of the final product; a few years ago I renovated and modernised an 1860 manufactured telescope that was one of the highlights of the Victorian era instrument makers art. This was fifteen feet long and weighed many tons. Without destroying the appearance I manged to incorporated stepper motor drives and computer control. This meant inventing a totally new type of telescope drive. The final task was to produce a 'users manual' which could be used for centuries. The telescope was already about one hundred and fifty years old when I did the work and there is no reason it cannot last for more time than that into the future. So how does one try to ensure longevity of the documentation. In my case there was two printed copies, one copy on DVD and another on a USB stick. There were also instructions in the handbook that the content should be copied to updated formats roughly every ten years to ensure that machine readable copies were available to whatever future technologies occur. [/QUOTE]
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