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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 28 Nov 2009 16:54 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Chas <Me(a)Home.?.invalid> typed >I'm trying to source a supply of the plastic chrome inserts that press >into & blank off the top of an Allen head bolt. Same as is fitted to >many bikes on handlebar risers etc. > >I can find them from motorcycle parts & accessory retailers but they >seem to want 50p - �2 each for them ! > >I can find them in any colour other than a chrome finish for 0.001p each. > >I can get some custom made with a minimum order of 20 000. > >I'm after qu 200 - 2000 > >Someone, somewhere uses these in their 1000's, furniture, cabinets etc >& knows where a box can be had for less than the cost of a fully >dressed Goldwing. > >Please help, you are my only hope. Not quite your only hope. The Engineers are a pretty resourceful lot. Oi! Metalworking blokes! Any ideas? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Steve on 28 Nov 2009 18:41 Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Chas > <Me(a)Home.?.invalid> typed >> I'm trying to source a supply of the plastic chrome inserts that press >> into & blank off the top of an Allen head bolt. Same as is fitted to >> many bikes on handlebar risers etc. >>> Not quite your only hope. The Engineers are a pretty resourceful lot. > > Oi! Metalworking blokes! Any ideas? Never seen any apart from coloured ones as you describe for handlebar clamps. Engineers might just press fit a steel bush into a counter-bored hole if we really wanted to cover up the head. I've got a whole catalogue of plastic blanks, plugs and other widgets here but nothing in chrome. The nearest I think I've seen is nickel effect ones in some of B&Q's kitchen furniture. If I was designing some, I'd go for a soft metal stamping or pressure die-casting then get them chromed. If you only want a few - CNC some stainless steel buttons and then stick them in with epoxy glue? Steve
From: mark on 28 Nov 2009 20:22 On 28 Nov, 23:41, Steve <s...(a)d.net> wrote: > Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Chas > > <Me(a)Home.?.invalid> typed > >> I'm trying to source a supply of the plastic chrome inserts that press > >> into & blank off the top of an Allen head bolt. Same as is fitted to > >> many bikes on handlebar risers etc. > >>> Not quite your only hope. The Engineers are a pretty resourceful lot. > > > Oi! Metalworking blokes! Any ideas? > > Never seen any apart from coloured ones as you describe for handlebar > clamps. > > Engineers might just press fit a steel bush into a counter-bored hole if > we really wanted to cover up the head. > > I've got a whole catalogue of plastic blanks, plugs and other widgets > here but nothing in chrome. > > The nearest I think I've seen is nickel effect ones in some of B&Q's > kitchen furniture. > > If I was designing some, I'd go for a soft metal stamping or pressure > die-casting then get them chromed. > > If you only want a few - CNC some stainless steel buttons and then stick > them in with epoxy glue? > > Steve they have chrome ones for mirrors ..they are meant to screw into the heads of wood screws though but they could be adapted . all the best.markj
From: Pip Luscher on 29 Nov 2009 05:18 On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:41:17 +0000, Steve <s(a)d.net> wrote: >Never seen any apart from coloured ones as you describe for handlebar >clamps. > >Engineers might just press fit a steel bush into a counter-bored hole if >we really wanted to cover up the head. > >I've got a whole catalogue of plastic blanks, plugs and other widgets >here but nothing in chrome. They do seem to be a bit of a specialist item: one of my Guzzis has one on top of the steering stem and the other has them on the bolts that secure the luggage frames. -- -Pip
From: Pete Fisher on 29 Nov 2009 05:53
In communiqu� <pfi4h5509a700666bm2pm1l7g84sauf1g5(a)4ax.com>, Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:41:17 +0000, Steve <s(a)d.net> wrote: > >>Never seen any apart from coloured ones as you describe for handlebar >>clamps. >> >>Engineers might just press fit a steel bush into a counter-bored hole if >>we really wanted to cover up the head. >> >>I've got a whole catalogue of plastic blanks, plugs and other widgets >>here but nothing in chrome. > >They do seem to be a bit of a specialist item: one of my Guzzis has >one on top of the steering stem and the other has them on the bolts >that secure the luggage frames. > My Mille also had chrome plastic caps over some bolt hex heads. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |