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Classic, Vintage & Veteran For Coventry and Meriden Models. Anything pre-Hinckley goes.

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Old 11-30-2012, 06:23 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Those races are very hard steel - using tiny burrs will take forever. When I did mine I roughed most of the thickness out using a coarse grit cylindrical stone about 3/4" diameter (on a flexible drive) and only when I didn't dare go any further switched to a much finer tool.
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Old 12-01-2012, 08:37 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Thanks, John. That seems a sensible approach.
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