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I managed to get my 884 back together the other day. I too had to press in new Oilite bronze bushings, machine and fit new rear wheel pins. I used some new fasteners such as the Nylock nuts and such but kept the originals bagged and stored for the future. I could not match the original Walker...

Nice purchase with the Hougen and those core bits (very expensive tool but as you said, well worth the money), Rhys.

Thanks for the help with my 784 Thomas, I managed to get it all apart without any damage and ready for sandblasting, much appreciated, Rhys.

Cool, cool, cool. Can't wait for future posts, Rhys.

Are the Record vise water transfer decals still available that are placed at the front of the dynamic jaw or are they reproduced at all? Thanks, Rhys.

I don't often find many good "tool" scores in my neck of the woods but here goes. $75.00 Canadian Pesos this morning on a local buy and sell website in Sarnia, On. The pump has just been rebuilt by an hydraulic company in London, On. That would of been over $75.00 right there. The gentleman I...

Some of mine, Record No 0, No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4 and a 112. I seem to use the Record No 3 more than any other. Regards, Rhys.

A quick shot of my baby vises. Yes I have a vise issue. I know they are not located properly to the edge with the fixed jaw they are more for display (I don't want my wife to scratch the car on her way into the garage so everything must be tucked in tight). They are a Record No 0, No 1, No 2...

Well, I beat this fender around for days and I could not seem to get any better with gaps and it always seemed to deform back to the original crease (I wish I had some basic skills here). I decided to weld in a patch from a second rusted out fender I had to modify the mounting flange...

Very true King Nero. Grinding the "cap" of a weld does not weaken the joint. Under building code it is required on handrail (all welds that your hand passes) to be ground flush so your hand meets no resistance while passing over it. I am currently working on high energy piping at work (main...

Pictures of the fender mouting flange repair. Although I used a jig from my frame machine to keep door hinge position and locate the "A" pillar extension and fender mounting flange the car was pretty rusty so it may just need that little tweak to get the door to fender gaps.

Well, I tried the dinging spoon out and I can see it's advantage over flatter areas but on all the curves of this fender I just feel like I am chasing my tail. I decided to put the brace back in and fit the fender. It has much better fitment but I still need to put a contour or bend in near...

Finished the die and pressed away. Not exactly as factory but a one shot deal so it will have to do. I had to trim the flanged edge to get the correct contour to the door. I will have to tig weld the edge back together. I don't see any other way of doing this edge without some crazy tooling...

Managed a bit of garage time tonight. I really do not have much as far as tooling and what I do have is Princess Auto (Canadian version of Harbour Freight). I am working on the patch panel, I tried to think it through as far as order of steps to take and it seems to be going okay. I am going...

The vixen file sounds good. The small high and low spots are bugging me. I will pick one up with a slapping spoon. I think the spoon would work better for me on the wider or open areas. The "off dolly" term came from Robert's thread. I really don't know my way around body work (I really...

I managed to make good progress on the crease. I had to bend the flange back and really bang out the top, back edge as it was really low. I also had to curve more contour into the panel at the top edge. I did this with my knee and work boots. I used a cast iron pipe reducer to "off dolly"...

Only had a couple of hours of garage time today but I did mamage to clear all of the undercoating on the back side and I stripped the damaged area to bare metal on the front and back side. I also sand blasted the back side support ready for a bit of repair. I think I should bend the edge...

Just had a bit of time tonight in the garage so I cracked out the heat gun and cleared some of the undercoating. Hopefully I get the opportunity this weekend to crack into it, Rhys.

Yes, we will see how well my repairs go on the crease. If I can straighten this out I will move to the patch panel. I have the same lower repairs to make on the left side. I will remove the brace to do that side as well. Rhys.

Found the back support damaged a bit (notice the split and peeling paint) and attachement welds to the top of the fender sheared. Made the unflanging tool and it worked great. located all the spot welds, even the one under the flange. Back support is out and now just the undercoating to...