Nigel Stanley wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Neil Arlidge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If it is heavily crusted and access for a grinder is impossible, a >> cheaper >> option for the long term could well be to get the bottom of the >> lockers grit >> blasted or needle gunned. > > I've found you can hire a light duty needle gun from HSS. Anyone with > any experience of these?
Yes...they make a bloody racket, best to remove all the light bulbs and anything fragile in your boat! Use for more than an hour will give you tingly hands! We only used air powered ones, which were brilliant. I can't vouch for the electric ones, that look quite bulky, but smaller and easier to hold than an angle grinder. I lent all my gear to my steam engine society....that was back in 1988, when it was a Barry wreck. God knows if they still have it as the restoration was compleated years ago. I have never even seen it in stream and yet I own 1/200 of it! -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest / GWR 2-8-0 4247 Read about the TNC Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html Defend the waterways: http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
