As mentioned by Sheldon I too have always found drinks cans to be the best as you can cut them to size and then coil them up so they spring out nicely when in the BB shell. I like the sound of the 35mm case though..
Julius Naim
London UK
On 16 Sep 2007, at 16:39, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:35:52 -0400
> From: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net>
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> captbike <captbike@sheldonbrown.com>
> Subject: [CR]On BB sleeves & materials
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> Sheldon Brown wrote:
>
>
> The inside of a bicycle frame is a surprisingly dirty place, even if
> you have a closed-top seatpost. There are random bits of left-over
> brazing flux, rust flakes, paint chips and filings floating around in
> there.
>
> A bottom bracket sleeve keeps these things from contaminating the
> bearings.
>
> No reputable mechanic would assemble a cup/cone bottom bracket
> without a sleeve of some sort. That would be totally mono-buttocked.
>
> Back in the day, I used to make 'em out of beer can stock...
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> I have no idea how many black plastic Kodak 35 mm cases became BB
> sleeves at my hands. Slice off the bottom (and sometimes the top ring)
> and they fitted right well...
> An unanticipated loss in the race to digital. I may not have but
> 20 or
> so spares left...
>
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va