TJ
If it's any consolation to you, my father was exactly the same ( Aircraft engineer )
As a general rule of thumb, if you needed to use one of his tools, it was a case of .. " Best not even go there "
That said, you only had to ask & he would do the job for you.
It is a real pitty that he passed away just before I started my build, he would have been here every day & would have loved every aspect of the build.
One thing is for sure, I would of had a full alloy body for the build, he was an absolute whiz with the English wheel & all things to do with alloy shaping.
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bonzo
you are not wrong there
i was trying to weld up the exhaust on my bike today
when in he walked and after much coo cooing noises and staring at the roof of the garage saying things like damn pigeons have got in again.
and then laughing at his own very old joke
he said it would be better to weld a whole new side in the silencer ,
chop out all that rot.
so i now have a spanking new silencer made from the side of a fridge
all i had to do was make the teas...i,m not daft he just thinks i am..
works every time
TJ