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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Want to Fit Bushing/Bearing To Hills Style Stand Pivot Tube. Which To Use?
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<blockquote data-quote="CarlHungness" data-source="post: 169907" data-attributes="member: 2517"><p>Well, if you look at a violin you will see that it has two pieces of black wood with a white piece in the center</p><p>and it is inlaid half way into the top and the back, no small feat given the thickness of the plates. One has to </p><p>mark where the purfling goes, no easy trick either as it does not point to the center of the C bout joints, it is off to one side ever so slightly. Then, one has to miter the corners of this purfling just perfectly or it won't match in the corners. The end result is a beautiful inlay that has been used for centuries. It neither adds nor detracts from the tone of the instrument, but it is surely judged by violinists. Why is it there? No one knows, but it has to be there and it has to be properly executed.</p><p> Therefore my center stand better look a little different from all the other stands under Vincents or it wouldn't be a Carl Hungness product, streamlining be damned. Then again I have made a career out of losing the plot because since I was 24 years old (56 years ago) I have said, "Think Opposite" every morning and I could regale you with tales where the slogan has worked for me. Overall, I think the oil will slide off it easier, and no one has used streamline</p><p>tubing to make one, so my opposite thinking comes through for me again. I just hope the feet don't look like they are related to the club foot syndrome. </p><p> I'll probably get some thinner wall tubing for the main cross-beam too. Since my TIG welder will be here in a few weeks I may make another in aluminum if the first one works well. I think an aluminum stand should be engine turned (jeweling to some..interlocking swirls). My front speedo cover plate for my discs is engine turned and I think it looks lovely. Think Opposite, the term will serve you well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CarlHungness, post: 169907, member: 2517"] Well, if you look at a violin you will see that it has two pieces of black wood with a white piece in the center and it is inlaid half way into the top and the back, no small feat given the thickness of the plates. One has to mark where the purfling goes, no easy trick either as it does not point to the center of the C bout joints, it is off to one side ever so slightly. Then, one has to miter the corners of this purfling just perfectly or it won't match in the corners. The end result is a beautiful inlay that has been used for centuries. It neither adds nor detracts from the tone of the instrument, but it is surely judged by violinists. Why is it there? No one knows, but it has to be there and it has to be properly executed. Therefore my center stand better look a little different from all the other stands under Vincents or it wouldn't be a Carl Hungness product, streamlining be damned. Then again I have made a career out of losing the plot because since I was 24 years old (56 years ago) I have said, "Think Opposite" every morning and I could regale you with tales where the slogan has worked for me. Overall, I think the oil will slide off it easier, and no one has used streamline tubing to make one, so my opposite thinking comes through for me again. I just hope the feet don't look like they are related to the club foot syndrome. I'll probably get some thinner wall tubing for the main cross-beam too. Since my TIG welder will be here in a few weeks I may make another in aluminum if the first one works well. I think an aluminum stand should be engine turned (jeweling to some..interlocking swirls). My front speedo cover plate for my discs is engine turned and I think it looks lovely. Think Opposite, the term will serve you well. [/QUOTE]
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