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Kaotik
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Post subject:  Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:58 am |
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Trip Doctor wrote: Quote: Buy windshield wipers? Buy?? JUst go to nearest auto repair shop and ask for used ones Or go into the nearest junkyard and ask from there. I have scrouged those blades from my neighbours by asking and all the relatives and from the trash bin at the gas station. I think that I have something like a 60-70 wiper blades around
Off topic a little, do people really change their windshield wipers or inserts that much? Personally, I've never changed my inserts.. ever. No, people don't change there wipers that much, but there is always some who have not changed them in a good while, so it makes the chance of finding them very good.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:49 am |
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Raimundo,
Cheers on the superb how-to.
If anybody needs bristles...I have a ton. Chicago street sweepers leave bristles throughout the city all the time. PM me if you need some.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:49 am |
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Thanks for providing this guide, it really helped clear some things up. I'll still be sending my order to rai for the real thing, but I decided try making a bogota rake myself today. I used a Dremel for most of it, then some handfiles to round it out. I've done some sanding but am not nearly finished with that aspect. So far I'm very impressed with the effectiveness of this design. Anyhow, here's a picture:
http://theamazingking.com/images/roughbogota.jpg
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Post subject: nice job Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:22 am |
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Hey, your first try looks great to me. I would definitely order a pair from Raimundo as you said you planned on doing. I have made a few pair myself but they do not compare to his. Good Job!
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:54 am |
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BOJAN
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:16 am |
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i will try to make bogota from windscreen washer, wish me luck. 
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BOJAN
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:14 am |
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my brother broke them, i spend 2 days making them 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:40 am |
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i just experimented with one made from a windshield wiper insert. it worked pretty well. it helped me open up my medeco pretty fast. and it helped on a couple of bests i have. 
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Festus
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:58 pm |
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Are there any Bogota templates out there? If somebody were willing to scan their Bogota rake and send it to me(the scan, not the rake ) , I could work it over in a vector art program and post it up here.
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Jaakko
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:14 pm |
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Festus wrote: Are there any Bogota templates out there? If somebody were willing to scan their Bogota rake and send it to me(the scan, not the rake ) , I could work it over in a vector art program and post it up here. Just take a street sweeper bristle or wind shield wiper blade and biggest chainsaw file you can find and it is the right dimension  Really, it isn't rocket science and anything close to it works. The key here is the sanding, rounding and finishing polish.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:07 pm |
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Here's my attempt at one. Done with power tools though. It works well but I still love using the ones I got from Raimundo. They are top quality!
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Post subject: beautiful Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:41 am |
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they are well finished, Is that wiper stiffener? if so, its width may allow for some fancy tapered tensors or stepped tensors.
Your work is excellent.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:23 am |
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It is wiper tensioner. I will try some different ideas with the tensor ends. Thanks for the compliment. It means a lot coming from you.
Brian
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Festus
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:18 pm |
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I've been making some, but I can't seem to get the peaks/valleys aligned right. How much space do I need between the top file cuts?
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:00 am |
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