Back to the headlamp.....

Whilst Postman Pat does his stuff and delivers my very important manifesto to Blighty V.A.T. H.Q. I can do no more than wait..................wait...............and wait some more.
It could be the wait of waits....?
Life's too short to wait...let's Vintafake !

Thankfully the sky hooks holding the headlight were still connected and that gave me a chance to do a bit of measuring.....
Amazing !!!!! The fork centres when measured in Old Blighty inches have 7 1/2" centres. Even though they were created up the Shimanto River at the Viragoshizicota factory where measurement is generally by bamboometer to the nearest 尺貫法 shakkanhō

they match the BSA headlight centres exactly....

I want the mounting brackets to give the illusion that the headlight is suspended in mid-air from the side.....which dictates that the strength of the bracket will have to be in the horizontal plane rather than the vertical.....crikey that's pretty techi Alb...

Patterns were cut from a never ending supply of old Pizza boxes that regularly appear in my dustbin thanks to a character I know thats goes under the name of 'Bad Barty'.  (He knows who he is...a man of mystery and peperami toppings)
I like the 'Recycle me' message printed on the side cause that's exactly what I'm doing......turning scrap back into useful objects.....

Here's pizza box off-cut meeting BSA headlight for the first time......

That's enough creativity for tonight. Time for bed.

Albert over and out....

Big excitement - all for the price of a stamp

Today is a Big Day.
I feel sure many will look back on the 30th August 2012 and say - Albert (bless him) changed civilization as we know it.
I have worked tirelessly on my manifesto. Well to be honest, I did it between flagons and batches of flatchulence...~~
Hey - here's an interesting fact ~ Passing flatus, is an ordinary everyday event for most people. Normally, an average person passes approximately 400 to 2,000 milliliters of oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane gases every day without being noticed.
Well I bet there's plenty of flatchulence in the VAT refund office when my manifesto plops on the doormat.
Here it is ~

 

So, flatufart all you like V.A.T. Weasels - Albert is waiting for his money back !

Time for a flagon of falling down cider and a small flatchuwiffy to celebrate.

Phhhuuuuu !

Fully equiped

Albert tuning in.......is anyone there...........?????
No worries.....I'm used to talking to myself...
I've just returned from my holidays.........no beach for me.....oh no... spent the whole week  endulging in life enriching refreshments......(vital for the over 50s)  mmmmmmmm wonderful Belgium Beers !
My Mojo is now at super level............I'm near ready to explode............LOOK OUT ! I could pop my cork at any time....
Good job I'm ready for the next step because it's grade 2 level shed-engineering coming up now on the VBobber fabrication.  Amazingly I have the necessary tool. To be honest I don't know where this precious artifact came from but today is the day I'm gonna use it.

Hand's up those that have heard of  'Sky Hooks'... bet you've never seen one...
Da Da Daaaaa !

Here's one....holding the VBobber headlight shell firmly in place while I measure to the millimeter the bracket requirements
 

 Side view.....See how the design allows full adjustment once firmly clamped to a passing cloud.
 Bloody marvellous things if you as me....

So, that's enough secret technology shared tonight.
It's now time for bed my little Vintafakers.....sleep tight......
Albert over and out...