Project Christine. (GS1000s)

[sycomoto]

Sandblasting day today. First thing I noticed with my cheap little blaster was no matter what I tried I seemed to be getting fine dust escaping through the door. It has a small filter on the side but no extractor system to reduce the pressure inside. So with a couple of bits from B&Q and a cheap marketplace purchase of a secondhand Henry hoover we now have an extractor and no dust. Jobs a good un.
Here’s my heath robinson sand blaster and the parts I managed to clean.

 

[Neil W]

Sandblasting day today. First thing I noticed with my cheap little blaster was no matter what I tried I seemed to be getting fine dust escaping through the door. It has a small filter on the side but no extractor system to reduce the pressure inside. So with a couple of bits from B&Q and a cheap marketplace purchase of a secondhand Henry hoover we now have an extractor and no dust. Jobs a good un.
Here’s my heath robinson sand blaster and the parts I managed to clean.

Did the same with my blast cabinet using an old VAX hoover , still will not have a blast cabinet in the garage and it is in the shed with nothing important that can be damaged by dust and grit

 

[sycomoto]

Finally got my nickel plating rig set up today. Very labour intensive with sandblasting, linishing, degreasing and acid etching needed before you can even think about actually plating the part but it’s very satisfying taking old rusty bolts and parts and returning them to shiny new looking bit.
This maybe my new favourite pastime.lol.
Here’s my setup and a few bits I did today.

 

[sycomoto]

Oh no, I’ve killed Henry. Buggery arse wobbles. Got some bits nickel plated today but can’t do much sand blasting until I either fix Henry or find a replacement.

 

[sycomoto]

Slowly but surely the parts of Christine are coming together. My goal is to retain 99% of the original parts and getting her looking how she would have looked a month or so into ownership. So standard bar a 4 into 1 yoshi pipe.
Parts so far look like new. It all help with my mental health after a horrible year.

 

[Pluribus]

I continue to follow this thread and am very impressed with your progress. Keep up the good work.

P

 

[sycomoto]

After a week of plating and polishing I thought I’d have a day off and take the big green K for a pootle. Fcuk me the old girls got some legs on her.
After blasting, linishing, plating and polishing I think my bloody shredded fingers deserve it.lol

 

[timeandtide]

That’s looking mega Si - brilliant job!

 

[Pluribus]

Any update on this ?

P

 

[twizzle]

Seems to have run out of puff…..

 

[sycomoto]

Seems to have run out of puff…..

No but I’ve had to take a break as I need to save up to get some of the paint work done. I’ll be back on with it soon.

 

[sycomoto]

Managed to get abit more done on the old girl today. Finally got the frame back after being painted and today got started on the engine strip down. How hard can it be to strip a 47 year old engine that spent 34 sat out side. lol. Well turns out it’s pretty easy. Apart from a couple of issues with the cylinder bolts and cylinder kinda welding together on a couple of bolts things have come apart easily. Tomorrow we tackle the bottom end and get the crank and gearbox out then it’s off to the vapour blasters.

 

[Aidan1150]

The engine looks remarkably good considering its age.

 

[Neil W]

You were lucky the barrels lifted , on my Katana I had to make a steel plate that went across the top of barrels and use two hydraulic jacks to force it upwards . The cause was corrosion build up on all of the studs (had to renew all of them )

 

[sycomoto]

You were lucky the barrels lifted , on my Katana I had to make a steel plate that went across the top of barrels and use two hydraulic jacks to force it upwards . The cause was corrosion build up on all of the studs (had to renew all of them )

I only had the two front middle studs causing issues. Today’s challenge is to get the clutch basket to separate. Lol

 

[Lord Snooty]

Keep up the good work Si

 

[peepingtom]

fantastic to see such a great bike having new life breathed onto it. A mate had a tuned dunstal model and used to go very well indeed. well done keep up the good work