Classic & Vintage - New (to me) tool day!!

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balindamood
06-16-10, 01:57 PM
In keeping with Cudak888's head-tube thread, I just received my Holy Grail tool; the Park SS-1 Chainstay Straightener. I'm off to back over some bikes in the driveway to try it out!

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/balindamood/Bike%20Posts/DSCN0162.jpg

svt4cam
06-16-10, 02:09 PM
Although I think it has a nice classic patina to it some people on this forum will tell you to strip and repaint it and get some reproduction decals. Just remember when in doubt stay with the original paint. It will enhance it's value to collectors
JunkYardBike
06-16-10, 02:09 PM
I'm off to back over some bikes in the driveway to try it out!

:lol:

Hetchins owners watch out!

We should be able to drum up some business for you in the 'Finds' thread. Fellas, no more bent forks. From now we're holding our rulers against the chainstays!

balindamood
06-16-10, 02:15 PM
Hetchins owners watch out!


Yeah! I happan to have some slighty used Hetchins...yeah. Should be on Ebay soon.
Zaphod Beeblebrox
06-16-10, 02:18 PM
How about turning my UO-8 frame into a curly Hetchins? :lol:
balindamood
06-16-10, 02:32 PM
How about turning my UO-8 frame into a curly Hetchins?

I think an old touring bike would do best as you need alot of chainstay length to get the wavey pattern.

I have used this tool many times when I worked in shops, and consider myself pretty proficient in its use. I have been looking for one for home for years.
Oldpeddaller
06-16-10, 02:38 PM
Now why hadn't I heard about that when I spent a month straightening a bent chain stay on my Holdsworth Typhoon! Looks great, please post details of how you get on with it.
cudak888
06-16-10, 02:42 PM
Hmm! Didn't know about this one. Must get meself one...

-Kurt
noglider
06-16-10, 03:16 PM
I wonder if you could pull low spots out of rims with that.
balindamood
06-16-10, 03:51 PM
I wonder if you could pull low spots out of rims with that.

You know, it might. Not a bad idea. I think it may be like removing a splinter with a pair of vise-grips, but without the proper tool...

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/balindamood/Bike%20Posts/DSCN0163.jpg
cudak888
06-16-10, 04:50 PM
I wonder if you could pull low spots out of rims with that.

There is another tool for that. I've seen it, locally. I think it is a VAR-built variant.

-Kurt
mtnwkr
06-16-10, 05:21 PM
Didn't know there was such a tool. I passed on an inexpensive 520 the other day due to a slightly bent chainstay. Would have been the perfect candidate.
noglider
06-17-10, 03:20 PM
There is another tool for that. I've seen it, locally. I think it is a VAR-built variant.

-Kurt

I used that tool back in my bike shop days.
balindamood
06-17-10, 05:18 PM
^^^one of the best uses of a Heliocromatic hubs I have seen (besides a hammer).
wesmamyke
06-17-10, 09:03 PM
Really bad picture of the rim dent puller: 155811

Another really bad picture showing the manufacturer: 155810
cudak888
06-17-10, 11:11 PM
^
That's the one I'm familiar with.

-Kurt
noglider
06-18-10, 09:26 AM
Yeah, that might be the one I used. It sometimes worked.