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Alex1N: Windscreen Central Strut bottom end cut
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Alex1N: Heat retention attempt
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Alex1N: Template seen from the port side
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Alex1N: Close-up of top of template
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Alex1N: Spring balances
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Alex1N: Heating finished
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Alex1N: Snap of heating plate with flash on
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Alex1N: Softening up the plate
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Alex1N: Heating the steel plate again
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Alex1N: Post-de-scaling contents of acid bath
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Alex1N: Lower (baseboard side) face of de-scaled steel plate
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Alex1N: Upper (lathe foot) side of de-scaled steel plate
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Alex1N: Plate's bath with the lid back on and out in the sun for some warmth
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Alex1N: Curtain of hydrogen bubbles evolving from the plate's edge
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Alex1N: Attempt to show the scale sludge in the bottom of the bath
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Alex1N: De-scaled steel plate, still in its bath
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Alex1N: Side view of the template
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Alex1N: Closer-up snap of the template and windshield former
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Alex1N: Upper windshield former in place on the new template
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Alex1N: Windscreen profile template for the Skyfarer
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Alex1N: Steel plate in 4 litres of vinegar
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Alex1N: Acid de-scaling bath
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Alex1N: Attempt no.1 to remove mill scale from a thick steel plate
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Alex1N: A piece of a Dalek? No - the new baseboard for my TAIG II lathe
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Alex1N: Air holes enlarged
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Alex1N: Cut-down tongue-depressor
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Alex1N: Extra engineer's square
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Alex1N: Tidying up
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Alex1N: Done! Well, almost...
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Alex1N: Stack of bits for the new base for my TAIG lathe