I have seen lots of threads where folks have had to take the shoulders off a needle so it fits properly into a jet but haven’t had to do that myself yet.. ..Until now .. hmm how hard can it be thought i? i can’t even see the hole in the jet so how do i take the shoulders off something i can only just get hold of? well, i am fortunate to have one of these.. it’s a hand-held magnifier with an illuminated battery lit light.. available in different magnifications and it may have saved the day.. again Ah there’s the little begger trouble is i need an extra arm/hand hmm well, this looks promising? i wasn’t able to take a pic of the actual sanding as despite the cereal bowl’s help i still only have 2 hands but here is the piece of 180 grit wet n dry and here is a better photo of part of one sanded shoulder fingers crossed it will be able to function.. we will see thanks to everyone for posting pics of their work that has inspired me to have a go (kicking and screaming) I still don’t know if the thread is compatible with the lantern it is scheduled to fit into.. looks a bit coarse to me.. at least it might fit something thanks pb
Update ; the needle seems to be too large for the jet :/ I chamfered the shoulders enough to allow the needle to start to enter the jet orifice but something is not right I also used a fine oilstone to check if there was a burr on the end of the needle.. still not right I will search for the correct jet and needle sizes to see what I can find (apologies for the added apostrophe in the title )
