Bsa Airsporter Restoration Project

[tomburras 2,721]

Very nice matt, well done.

[tomburras 2,721]

I'd love to see a BSA mercury refurb some day!

[mattybugeye 884]

Cheers tom

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Im thinking of redoing the raider and staining her black this time as she dose have some nice grain in her but im not sure on re bluing her as iv never dune it before so may need your help after my moment of madness and putting her up for sale i think she needs to retire in a,1 condition as rez has said in a post she has earned her keep twice over and needs to retire in peace ,and if i make a mess of it i can all ways send her down to you lol to sort out atvbmac :thumbs:

[mattybugeye 884]

Yea no worries mac . I find its trial and error mainly finding a blueing that takes to your metal I'm going to hot blue the next one for a change but the liquid cold blue I think is just as strong only gun it's not as good on I've found is hw's after speaking with Aaron wheeler he said the same it's something to do with the mix of metals they use and prefer hot blue . Yea go for it mate best tool is a bench grinder with wire wheel not too course then fine empty cloth and finally wire wool got the airsporter like glass from scabby as hell .

I'm struggling to find a small ball bearing for the loading port index spring need around a 4 mm one will have to pay for one from chambers by look tried cycle shops and even a bearing manufacturer yesterday both equally Un helpful lol

Edited September 20, 2014 by mattybugeye

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Sounds stupid matty but what about old bike wheels are the ones in the spindles not 4mm or why do you go to the recycle dump and see if you can find some thing there just a thought atvbmac :thumbs:

[mattybugeye 884]

Yea tried bike repair shops they just looked at me like I was asking for a bag of chicken lips il get one ordered or a box of mix ones off eBay or something

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Well matty iv stripped her AGAIN and this time im going to stain her black but im still not sure about bluing her i made a mess of the twink the last time so i stripped it down to but the barrel and chamber are not that good under the paint so i may just paint them back up again

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

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[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Matty all the paint was taken off with these wipes that have a solvent on them there mint they take the paint off in a few wipes there called graffiti wipes and no need for sand paper at all but the steel work is bad so im just going to prime and re,paint it sorry im not high jacking your thread atvbmac :thumbs:

[treecreeper 1,136]

Done a smart job on that mate, with regards to the crono ring crombo they will repair them fairly cheap.

[Rez 4,957]

Well matty iv stripped her AGAIN and this time im going to stain her black but im still not sure about bluing her i made a mess of the twink the last time so i stripped it down to but the barrel and chamber are not that good under the paint so i may just paint them back up again

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

Mac. Did you just use sand paper for this mate? I'm doing my 97 stock at the moment and yours has come up perfect for a 'new start'

[mattybugeye 884]

Nice job mac! Just rub the action down and re blue will be much better job. I'm going to do my stock a weekend working away all week

I've sent chronograph off for repair last week great service from them

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

REZ sand paper and wire wool mate had to use the sand paper as the paint was to thick .

 

Matty still not to sure about bluing her the action is in a bit of a mess but i will try and smooth her out .

 

atvbmac :thumbs: