Metal Fab

[Watto]

sorry didn't make it up on saturday mate - last minute call up to work fucked me over

[Hagarr]

Yeah same as Watto. I'm sure there will be an opportunity to catch up soon.

[Azrael]

Ok, last night on here for a few weeks, but thought id post up what we been doing and why.
Aside from the chaos with the table arriving and havin to get external fabrication and blasting jobs out the way, weve had to build this trailer to suit the new pump which arrived on fri arvo just gone. It started off with holden rims hubs and brakes, then upgraded to landcruiser running gear and started building the frame based on rough figures from the pump supplier..

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[Azrael]

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[Azrael]

This is our smallest pump to date, we still have to change the head rods and sleeves from 2400bar to 3200bar, that was a mistake by the suppliers who were ood enough to fly out the parts from germany and its fresh out of the crate so should be a breeze, one more last minute thing we dont need though, tomorrows gonna be a long day..

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[Azrael]

Made this fuel cell on sat..

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[Azrael]

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[Azrael]

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[Azrael]

As i left it this afternoon, the boys were throwin some paint at it

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[Azrael]

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[Azrael]

This is whats towin that from coast to coast, huge turbo, 3" exhaust stupidly heavy suspension and still, after 40years of producing lancruisers, fuckin vinyl seats!! When will toyota learn?? FFS im yet to meet anyone who enjoys havin thier shirt and jocks glued together with thier own bodily fluids..

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[Azrael]

This is the first truck we built, this has to go up north while we head east dammit, its soooo much more comfortable..
All the fabrication was done inhouse..

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[Funkenfresh]

awesome work there tom... nice to see your a busy little bee..

[Funkenfresh]

when ya be back?? i should have the tail unit in perth next week..

[Azrael]

Im sitting in a really shithouse hotel in Quilpie some where just inside the qld border, gotta go to roma tomorrow got one more well head to cut off before heading down through nsw to adelaide hopefully making my flight home thus arvo..

If you ever find yourself in quilpie, dont stop, no matter how tired of driving you are, the showers smell like dead sheep with a subtle fragance of arse and the woman at the pub looks like first prize in a disease fair..

[Funkenfresh]

sounds like my sorta town

Tom,
Got Lee to do some drawings for me on CAD. Will DXF files work on your cutter. If so I will give you a bell next week to get some alloy billets together for me.

[Azrael]

Yup, sounds good.

[MotoMax]

Bullfrog/Azrael,
If any of you guys need any CAD work doing drop me a line! I am a qualified engineer who use to teach AutoCad and SolidWorks. I would be more than willing to help any ASF member FOC.
If you need proof of the power of SolidWorks, check this guy out http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/ he as designed and built this bike engined car on 3D Cad....pretty impresive!
Cheers

[Azrael]

Hmmm an engineer, does this mean you or someone you know can certify frames?

[MotoMax]

Hi Azrael, Can't see why not, backed up with some torsion testing and a bit of bullshit on my portfolio, we can give it a try?
I will call in and have a chat :)

[Jockney Rebel]

just read thru this thread ....Az mate, awesome stuff i may have a little job for ya and also ill send u my old sprokets and discs off my 07 speedtriple when their fuked or i can e mail u the stats as the stuff for triumphs is limited..and to think i was gonna use the laser geezer round the corner [whos expensive ]to do some cutting /engraving

[Azrael]

No worries Steve, drop in any time!

Jim any stats or measurements would be great, im trying to build a file of parts for various bikes so all info is good info!

[Jockney Rebel]

ok mate im on it ..ill drop u a line in a few days ...the hose games has erupted lately seein as evryones now got money ...

[Freddo]

I ll maybe drop in for my 2 knucledusters on another bit (mesh air intake) tuesday avo

[Azrael]

Ill be there

[Funkenfresh]

hey tom i just tried calling ya... to see if you wanted to come round and suss what you can do with the tail of my fighter...
ill try again this evening

[Azrael]

Ok, so anyone who is not busy or can drag themselves away from work we will be having bbq and beers this friday 25th from lunchtime till around 7pm at the workshop!
The reason? Demonstration purposes for industry people to pop in for a looksee..well that and we like bbqs, beers and cutting shit up.
All are welcome.
For those who know me come say gday, for those who dont, come introduce yourself, ill be the big fucker with the shaved head in the wasf shirt..
Hope to see some of you there, sorry about the shit late notice..

[Funkenfresh]

very impressive bit of gear! the ideas i have for you tom... are limitless.. i forgot my mini duster too...

[jakam04]

Sorry I couldnt make your BBQ and Demo mate.. Got put on night shift tonight so had to get some sort of sleep before work. Hope to catch up soon.

Jarrod

[Azrael]

Where'd u leave it? i can make u another anyway but thanks for coming out and also to Steve, and jarrod, u can get me on 0431893501 an well find a time thats suitable for u if ur on shift or otherwise. same goes for tha rest of you. just call an we'll make a time or just show up.
Keep in mind, when im not on the bike im cutting grinding and welding and dont always hear my phone so leave a message and number so i can get back to u. Mint..

[Eukanuba]

Azrael, how's your workload ?

I've got a bit of a project on.. and I need some help fabricating this.. ( rear section, need serious help.. )

http://www.klymazzation.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/SplitbackChopperMID400x400.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11486&whichpage=2

[Funkenfresh]

man i was riding around inspiration drve for so long looking for your workshop...
i got confused with all the street names of wisdom

[Azrael]

Um what exactly are you chasing? The guard? like a hugger?

Abel, you wouldnt be the first, i drove into the wrong street last week.. I never claimed to be smart..

[Eukanuba]

Azrael: yeah, a bit like a hugger.. like the photo of the " Cat Bike " - last pic on that thread that I posted up..

I'm just looking at that, and 3 new disc's.. 2 for the front - 1 on the rear...

Is that gonna be alot of work ?
I'm thinking of a chequer plate, with the pattern on the face side - of course..

[Azrael]

Ok, cant do the cat bike rear gaurd at the mo because im still in the process of making forms for tube and sheet bending, english wheel etc and honestly dont have the time to fuck about doing it the hard way. The disks are no prob to cut, what im trying to find out in the limited spare time i have is brake disk material and whether i need to temper or treat them some how before use. The other thing about disks are they are usually full floaters which means sourcing the rivets to fasten them to the disk hub, that shouldnt be a prob.

Cutting them is not a lot of work, drawing them depends on how fancy you want to go? Was this what you wanted the chequer plate pattern in? the disks?

While we are on the subject of brake disks doe anyone have any info on composition, treatment etc?

[Azrael]

Oh, on the guard thing, if you can find an existing guard at a wreckers etc i can definatley modify it to suit without too much fucking around as long as it's not Ally! Both of my tig's are in at gentronics getting serviced as one has an issue with switching to high frequency and the other is having a new torch switch wiring thingy done.

[Eukanuba]

quote:Originally posted by Azrael

Cutting them is not a lot of work, drawing them depends on how fancy you want to go? Was this what you wanted the chequer plate pattern in? the disks?

Nah, I was thinking about having the chequer plate pattern on the outside of the wheel guard..

As for patterns in the brake disk.. that's an interesting proposition right there.. wonder if we could do something with " ZXR " or some such around the disk.. could be interesting.. and completely custom ! :)

Looks like you have opened a can of worms here Tom...

[Funkenfresh]

cut WASF a few times in it

[Eukanuba]

Now, that sounds like a funken good idea !

Can you picture a brake rotor with W A S F at 4 points around it ? that's just blowin my mind :)

[Azrael]

That shit is a cake walk, i can write anything into the disk, want wave rotors?

Chequer plate wheelguard is waaaaaaaaay too much fucking around in ally or steel.. my advice, fibreglass one and air brush it, i have the stencil for chequer plate somewhere if you want it.

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by Bullfrog

Looks like you have opened a can of worms here Tom...


Ya think? haha

[Bear]

Hey Brickman, you can make up english wheels you say? As in the wheels themselves?
I can make the frame etc but would like some wheels.

[BillyWhizz888]

I reckon a run of WASF heel guards would be sexy.....

[Azrael]

This kind of heel guard?

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[Azrael]

Hey Bear, Im not making the rollers, same as you, just the frame etc, I found a supplier of the wheels not that long ago but i cant find the bit of paper i wrote it on, they ere suprisingly cheap, ill email you the details when i find em.

Oh I have a full diagram of a metal hammer too somewhere if you want it.

[Bear]

Cheers. I'm interested in the hammer also.
Got any diagrams of the english wheel also? There's heaps on the net but me not being experienced with them, I don't know which ones are duff and which are good.

[gibbo]

English wheel[?] power hammer[?] I'd be interested in those drawings too :)
I'm liking those heel plates as well, are you selling them mate?
As for disc material ask Ivan ( Latheboy ) he made some up a while ago.

[Azrael]

Ill find the drawings and pics an email em to ya's or if i can find the old link theres a diy on how to build both somewhere that i saw.

I can make the heel plates easy enough just need the bolt spacings for individual bikes, can cut em in flame shapes or whatever if your chasing a particular theme.

[Funkenfresh]

a heel gaurd more like this style would be awesome!

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[Funkenfresh]

of the rear brake disk this style the whole way round..
dunno how strong it'd be though

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[Eukanuba]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

mounting brackets for my headlamps.... interesting...

I'm thinking either chequer plate, or polished... would alloy be suitable for this task ? how much, how soon - please please please :)

[Freddo]

Azrael still at the shop tomorow?

[Azrael]

Nooooo sorry mate we doin it on Saturday now, You cool for that?

[Azrael]

Euk, what headlight u mounting?

[Freddo]

cool for me

[Eukanuba]

Azrael, dont have one yet - but i'm thinking maybe something off the shelf ?

Any suggestions ? I havent seen alot locally...

The other option is the originals, and make up a light weight bracket out of ally...

[Funkenfresh]

hey tom, where have ya been.. i tried email but it bounced..

[Azrael]

Ive got email probs, been flat out, picking up our Tigs 2morro so if you get time can you chase up some 25mm ally box tube with min 3mm wall thickness? I dont have time during the day to chase it up but we need some for your subby..

[Funkenfresh]

sure thing... im also trying to get ahold of a r6 subframe.. which might make things easier

[Funkenfresh]

hay tom.. would it be easier to buy a r6 subframe... let me know and ill get it tomorrow

[Azrael]

BUY IT!

[Funkenfresh]

i will tomorrow... for sure.. i came to the workshop today but you were not there..

[Funkenfresh]

did ya get the subframe tom??? i dont know if you'll need my bike.. but let me know

[Azrael]

Yep, will have a look at the conversion 2moro and give you a bell.

[Funkenfresh]

where will you be tomorrow arvo tom?? so i can see ya and talk frames

[Azrael]

At the forrestfield workshop, call me for directions

[Funkenfresh]

hey tom, dont know what happened, i tried calling ya today... let me know when you wanna come around

[Azrael]

Fixing other peeps fuckups, see ya 2moro mate.

[MotoMax]

Tom, thought I would show you the water cut plate on the killer dog kennel! fierce.....or he will be when he grows up???? Cheers

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[Azrael]

TYSON! PUT THAT POSTMAN DOWN! Yeh he's got some growing to do before he earns the 'Scourge of the northern suburbs' title, but hes got plenty of barrel to fill there!

Oh we gotta organise a piss up too eh.. ill get onto that

[Lucas]

quote:[i]Oh we gotta organise a piss up too eh.. ill get onto that




NO BONFIRES

[Azrael]

I was pulling the piss the other day an a mate said, fuck, your on fire, and ado cuts in with nah, he just smoulders.. funny fuckers..

[Freddo]

Still up for saturday?

[Azrael]

Ill let you know 2moro, ive had a few issues aquiring ally might not get it till monday.. Waiting for some other plate for abes top clamp too, fucking suppliers are sold out of some shit at the moment, cant get 32mm n/b tube anywhere at the moment an im an impatient fucker which isnt helping..

[Funkenfresh]

suppliers suck big fat anus!! :P.. i feel like a italian driving a suzuki swift..... "FULLY SIK", ok im going to faint now..

[Azrael]

Hey mate im home so cruze over in your wog roller whenever your ready..

[Funkenfresh]

manage to get the metal tom?

[Freddo]

bis...?

[Azrael]

I got the Stainless but not the ally, freddo im hoping to get your stuff done by the weekend because were not working saturday, were going to the english motorcycle enthusiast show in guilford. Let me know if any of you chaps are going an we'll organise a pissup.

I will be there

[Azrael]

U riding?

[Watto]

where abouts is the show on Sat fellas?

could be tempted to step out for a look myself

[jakam04]

I'll be bludging around work on a dayshift.... Will be thinking of you out there enjoying a ride ya bastards....

Jarrod

[Azrael]

Um ill find details and post em tonight

[Watto]

G'day Tom

Found out it is on at Stirling Square just down the road from the Guildford pub so no problems there - what time you boys thinking bout heading out that way as might try to catch up with Abel and grb my polo before hand - think will break out the trumpy for a ride

Watto

[Azrael]

Sounds easy enough, we were thinking of heading over around 11-12, going for a looksee, then grabbing a bite to eat at the pub then a ride after if anyones in? We can meet at mine or at abe's and go from there,its much of a muchness to me. Im in innalloo about 5 mins from abes so let me know whos interested etc.

[Watto]

easy as - I'm in Freo so I can travel up - will be first ride after rooting the back a while back - could be wobbling like a penguin by the end of the day :D

See who else jumps in between now and tomorrow and can firm things up but easy for me to travel up

[Funkenfresh]

i might have my new bike for saturday..

[Watto]

good work abel - well I'm def up for going to the brit show tomorrow and an ale or ....

give you a call in a bit

[Azrael]

abe, watto, you guys riding?

[Funkenfresh]

i fucking hope so... i bought the rd 400, and the clutch cable slipped out on the way home...
ive got no fucking luck... so it comming apart later tonight.. hopefully for tomoorw.. sorry i didnt get back to ya watto..
call in the morning

[Azrael]

Were leaving my place around 12ish, heading to guildford then up to the parky or somewhere for snack and bevy..
Should we pick you lot upon the wat through?

[Funkenfresh]

ill call ya tomorrow.. the clutch cable is shot on the rd...
anyone know is i can pull the side cover off withour running into oil//

[Azrael]

which end is fucked?

[Funkenfresh]

it seems to have slipped nearer to to the engine, cause the cable is intact

[Watto]

yep riding Tom - after all it is a british bike do and I'm on a trumpy:D

Abe give you call in a while to find out the plans or Tom give us a shout on 0434366162 - happy to either meet at the show or somewhere else before hand

[Hagarr]

Wow that was exciting !!!!

[Azrael]

Shame about the bloody cops on every corner!