The one on my Singer just stays in place boy itself. It’s sandwiched between the brake bridge and the fender, with a leather washer between the reinforcement and the bridge. It is contoured to match the fender, so perhaps that helps.
This photo shows a Singer with the reinforcer, but with some cloth tape added at the ends: DSC_4851.jpg <http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/rhclassics/AS8/DSC_4851.jpg> --Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.CampyOnly.com Campyonlyguy.blogspot.com @Campyonlyguy > On Mar 22, 2017, at 9:57 AM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric - looking at the photo I can see why you don't want the extra holes. > But how do you keep it from shifting or turning sideways a bit from > vibration, etc. without the bolts? Contact cement? Or is the diamond-shaped > plate beveled in such a way that it conforms to the curvature of the fender, > which keeps it in place? If the latter, how would you create something like > that? Seems like you'd need a die or something to shape it. > > On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 10:24:02 AM UTC-5, Eric Norris wrote: > The advantage is purely aesthetic-trying to replicate the original Singer > part. I'll look into getting a piece of an old fender somewhere. > > Thanks! > > --Eric N > www.CampyOnly.com <http://www.campyonly.com/> > CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/> > Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > > On Mar 22, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Anton Tutter <atu...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> I order all my stock pre-cut and drilled and then polished. I'd have to do a >> special run of a single-hole version, and I have to order quite a few to >> make them cost-effective. >> >> Aside from aesthetics, what is the practical advantage, if any, to having as >> single hole? I would think it would act less as a strain relief in this way. >> It would still "cradle" the fender, but I would imagine its overall net >> benefit is less. >> >> If you're good with tin-snips and have a spare fender you can use as a >> donor, you could cut a few out and polish them. >> >> Anton >> velolumino.com <http://velolumino.com/> >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:22:13 AM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: >> Anton: >> >> I wonder if you can make one of these for me with just the center hole, to >> match the reinforcement on my Singer: >> >> >> >> --Eric Norris >> campyo...@me.com <> >> @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) >> >>> On Mar 19, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Anton Tutter <atu...@gmail.com <>> wrote: >>> >>> Velo Lumino is expanding into the "fender installation widget" space. The >>> first of several widgets in this category is a reinforcement plate inspired >>> by the old French constructeurs. It reduces fender stress fatigue at a >>> common failure location by reducing localized stress risers. And it looks >>> damn fine while doing it. Photo below is on a VO Zeppelin 650B fender. The >>> plate is thin enough (0.64mm) that is doesn't noticeably alter the fender >>> line of existing fender installations, and its shape can be tweaked by hand >>> to follow different fender contours. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-La6n04tU9PY/Vu1dZcSRDUI/AAAAAAAACYw/wtnHBdjvJtUzT73k-6V4Jn5Kk4Yi7kVyw/s1600/IMG_0639.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ksl6ImcB3Hk/Vu1ddY3cLHI/AAAAAAAACY0/rmOYxvFRkag4kTlx9uw3JB-Pc_nXJiG9g/s1600/IMG_0637.jpg> >>> >>> It's cut from aluminum sheet stock using water jet technology. It's then >>> pressed onto a curved form to create a nominal fender cross-section radius >>> and finally it's machine polished to a mirror finish. Two flat-head >>> stainless M3 bolts with flat washers, star washers, nuts and a leather >>> washer for the bridge are included in the price. >>> >>> >>> >>> $17 on velolumino.com >>> <http://www.velolumino.com/at-fender-reinforcement-plate.html> >>> >>> Anton, who is working on yet more fender installation widgets... >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch >> <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
