Thanks!
I picked up that hot tip in your youtube clutch video - NOT to paint the actual clutch cone surface. I just painted the outside of the whole body which got about the last 5mm of cone, but after fitting the new cork lining, the clutch cone now sits further in.....so you'll see in the last clutch pic above, I took a razor and got rid of all the paint on the cone.....so the whole surface is bare metal.
Thanks for the tips on assembly.....I was almost going to put the bednkife on first.....but rollers it is!!
Cheers