Homemade derailleur displays
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I like the aluminum bar idea and you can polish it to a brilliant shine, it would look great.
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Here's my little display of derailleurs, on a shelf in a converted gun cabinet. I used the Cyclone GT on my Bikecentennial ride way back then, and the Campy before that.
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A very eclectic collection of things on that shelf, RR. I like it. You look like a man of my own tastes. I've got to ask. What is that bulbous gizmo on the left hand side?
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Bolt that fits through the mounting hole, with a small rare earth magnet epoxied to the end? Then stuck them all to a nice metal sheet framed in fancy wood?
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I do work for an amazing place here in VT. They make prototype "retail environments" (commercial furniture). 'Stuff that fills foot locker, Bruggers Bagles, CK stores etc. I should scrounge around for some of the left over stuff and make something cool.
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That would look cool.
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It's a '50s vintage microscope illuminator. I use it as a very bright source to clean telescope optics. The long glass thing on top is a 1966 American Optical model 3100 He-Ne laser plasma tube. Most of the cabinet is full of vintage laser & holography bits.
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BUMP!
A package from rootboy arrived this evening. I was totally blown away by his work! He used 5/8 aluminum and machined 10 posts, threaded on each end (one end M10 x 1.0, the other end 1/4in). These posts are gorgeous, it really puts pressure on me to make the remaining work live up to the quality of the posts.
So, a HUGE thank you to rootboy. Your generosity and craftsmanship really blow my mind.
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A package from rootboy arrived this evening. I was totally blown away by his work! He used 5/8 aluminum and machined 10 posts, threaded on each end (one end M10 x 1.0, the other end 1/4in). These posts are gorgeous, it really puts pressure on me to make the remaining work live up to the quality of the posts.
So, a HUGE thank you to rootboy. Your generosity and craftsmanship really blow my mind.
DSC01305 by mkeller234, on Flickr
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hang the deraileurs from the tree!
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Oh, the tree is my wife's thing. She is fairly Christmas obsessed, especially now that our daughter will be turning one this December. Our tradition for the past 9 years, is to put the tree up on Thanksgiving night. She's been listening to Christmas music since Halloween.
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I like that rootboy, the possibilities are endless in how to display them with those mounts. The first thing I thought of was a piece of painted peg board with either LED or Fiber Optic lighting filling all the holes in between. I have a few pieces of round brass stock I could chuck up in my buddies lathe and make a few mounts like that, it's such a simple design.
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