Regular visitors to this blog might remember how I made a mess of bending up one set of inner frames (if not, or you need to be reminded of my stupidity its all here).

Tonight, after a great deal of thought, I decided that I really ought to do something about it. So I first of all ran a fillet of solder down the good edge for strength, then bent a piece of scrap etch to a 90 degree angle and soldered it across the broken front part of the frame (closest to camera). A piece of 1mm square brass was then cut to length and soldered at the opposite (rear) end to add strength where the frame had split.

I then decided to add another piece of right angled section opposite the front repair section, just in case that area has been weakened. There is still some cleaning up to be done in that area, the repair sections have been made deliberately oversized, I'll take the minimum of material off to clear the gearbox.

Hopefull this repair will work out fine, the frame now has a slight twist which hopefully will dissappear with carefull tweaking, otherwise I'll have to badger Mike and Judith for a spare etch!

Paul.