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| Originally Posted by Woz Get a nice new sharp drill.
Centrepunch a hole with a hammer and nail.
Drill through the stainless with a 5mm drill using lots of cooling oil and pulling the drill out occasionally to clear the swarf. Do NOT let it get too hot or it will work harden and be a bugger.
As the drill goes through, back off the pressure a bit or it will grab.
Then drill through with a 9 or 10mm drill, going nice and slowly with lots of coolant. If you don't have proper cutting coolant then use lots of engine oil. Messy but effective.
Finally get a bigger drill and use it by hand to take the burrs off the hole. If you don't have a bigger drill use 40 or 60 grit emery.
If you don't fancy it, send it in the post to me and I'll do it for you.
I've got twin Fabers and they trim really nicely but they are 12.5, not 12 or 12.2 and are very heavy- they appear to have the steel in the right spot. |
Your fabers are a work of art, and I don't know where to get some. If I did I'd have some. Very very nice indeeedy. No tail weight, nothing, just how they should be.
I have a set of fabers which have about 2.5kg as a tail weight.
Do you have any other lead anywhere at all on your set?
Consider using an ally backplate and increasing the size of the tailweight. You are effectively moving the weight further down as you also have less weight above the centre of gravity. The other advantage to an ally plate is you can drill and break it easy to get it how you want it.
Other options: Change twins to longer tanks with heavier bottoms (something like the Heisers or Euro cylinders), ankle weights (urgh), more lead at the bottom - consider bolting through from the other side to attach more lead at the back, but this is not ideal IMO.
I would suggest that one way or another your tanks are too high. You should be able to reach your head right back and it will sit between the first stages comfortably, there should be no restriction of movement normally, which it sounds like there is.
Body positioning will also play a bit part. When stationary move your arms out in front of you and tuck your feet up to your arse a bit (you may need to clench a bit to get this perfect
) and you should rotate feet down, put your arms by your sides and stretch your feet out and you should rotate feet up. This can make a big difference. See your natural position in the water, and get used to having your hands together in front of you. I find having a torch helps me to do this as if you leave your hands dangling you can't see where you're going.
Hope this helps.
Digs.