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Bronze age Seven?
Howard Wright Offline
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02-05-2019, 05:53 PM
Hi All

The more I scrape away decades of gunge from the back axle the more I think that the ends are bronze.  Anyone else seen this?

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02-05-2019, 06:05 PM
I reccon someone copper plated it at some time - is it magnetic ?
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02-05-2019, 06:26 PM
You're right Bob

It is magnetic.  But why plate the axle ends?  The banjo and tubes are plain steel.

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Howard
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02-05-2019, 06:33 PM
The tube is brazed into the axle end. Probably that’s where it comes from.
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02-05-2019, 06:33 PM
Because someone could ? It would help to prevent rust or perhaps in the past it looked good ? Easily done with some copper sulphate.
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03-05-2019, 03:43 PM
A good friend of mine ran his Chummy for year with a chrome plated front axle fitted - blingtastic!
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03-05-2019, 03:55 PM
I always knew you was posh
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