Cycle Repairing and Adjusting
With a Chapter on building a Bicycle from a Set of Parts

CYCLE ENAMELLING AND PLATING 65 worn, it may be advisable to let this part go with a good clean up with some good metal polish. Taking a wheel to pieces and rebuilding is, however, not very difficult, and by the aid of instructions given in an earlier chapter, the work may be tackled by anyone with average ability. Making List of Parts—When all the parts to be sent to the plater’s are ready, a list should be made of every part to accompany them, and a duplicate kept for checking off when they are returned, as the platers some- times lose small parts in the vats, and then declare they were not received ; so be precise with this list. Mention each part separately, except the very small screws and nuts, which may be listed as so many small screws and so many small nuts, etc. When the goods are returned, check them off carefully with the list before starting to use any of them, and at once apply for any that may be missing. If the front-fork crown is to be plated, the forks should be cleared of the old enamel before sending. Brake blocks should be removed, and if badly worn, new ones procured. Parts for Enamelling.—The parts for enamelling can now be taken in hand. These will comprise the frame, forks, mudguards (if any), and the wheels. If the hubs have gone to the plater’s, the wheels must wait until they are rebuilt, when they can be sent with the frame, etc. The rims in any case will have to be cleaned of all the old enamel. Removing Old Enamel.—There are several ways in which the old enamel may be cleaned off the various parts. Where a lot of such work is done, the old enamel is stripped F