Weyhey - my reverse-cum-handbrake cog which I've been trying to get teeth cut into since MAY - has been done! Superb job, 60 notes from a pukka gearbox building place (I won't say who 'cos it was done as a foreigner...)
I've looked at laser, water jet & had various friends & acquaintances look at it (best excuse - oh he died last year !!! ) but finally bit the bullet & got a proper engineering firm to cut it. £60 - I reckon xmas has come early!
happy christmas everybody!
Bob
PS I'll post a photo when I've got it all together.

[Edited on 20/12/05 by Bob C]

Black Diamond was it?

By the term "foreigner" what exactly do you mean? I've heard chaps in a toolroom at a site I worked at earlier this year talking about a foreigner job...

Is it a job that is not put through the books, or charged at the proper rate?

Cheers
Andy

i event cant figure out what he did cut?

an toothed reverse sprocket?

Tks

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By the term "foreigner" what exactly do you mean? I've heard chaps in a toolroom at a site I worked at earlier this year talking about a foreigner job...

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Aye - nod/wink/backhander.
I'll post a pic in the next day or so - it's a 8 inch stainless disc that acts as a disc brake for a transmission handbrake and a big gear for electric reverse using a starter motor.
I've only ever heard "work other than that which I'm paid for" being called foreigners - maybe it's a local thing?
That's how my entire car's been built. . . . . .
TTFN
Bob

here's a snap of the gear.
links to where it's going:
http://freespace.virgin.net/bob.carter/images/trbrk.jpg
http://freespace.virgin.net/bob.carter/images/trbrk2.jpg
cheers
Bob
Rescued attachment revgear.jpg

How cool is that? A garden chair with electric reverse, and a transmission lock!!

Seriously though, it looks good!

Cheers
Andy