Show off your fab skills

[Slim]

Im more of a fan of building than buying and aside from paint (which ends up being a 3D coating rather than a glass smooth finish), do almost everything else myself.

I usually join these sorts of forums for the fab sections to get ideas and appreciate other peoples work. I'll throw a couple of pics up to get started but would love to see what others have done or are currently doing.

These pics are my top triple clamp. I couldnt find an aftermarket one so I strengthened a spare I bought. Also I was using MX bar risers and wanted a solid mount for them to attach and minimise flex. They ignition key mount was also removed.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205519_653_zpsqe6k5h9w.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205519_653_zpsqe6k5h9w.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205532_060_zpskyjkc7oz.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205532_060_zpskyjkc7oz.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205539_913_zpslrn12sx2.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_205539_913_zpslrn12sx2.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_214448_687_zps3kl4cvzg.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_214448_687_zps3kl4cvzg.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_214510_720_zps5wpts0ez.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMG_20140131_214510_720_zps5wpts0ez.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124900_370_zpse0ddukar.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124900_370_zpse0ddukar.jpg.html)


The tube welded in is more for decoration than anything else. It hides the headset and keeps dirt and grime out:
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124922_717_zpstd9gspgh.jpg

(http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124922_717_zpstd9gspgh.jpg.html)http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124936_789_zpso1f7xscr.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_124936_789_zpso1f7xscr.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132247_561_zpstqvj2fwd.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132247_561_zpstqvj2fwd.jpg.html)

[Slim]

Bottom view

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132254_012_zpsg2qrixcj.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132254_012_zpsg2qrixcj.jpg.html)

Top

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132310_001_zpsblmke9tr.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132310_001_zpsblmke9tr.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132316_962_zps06wz2elo.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_132316_962_zps06wz2elo.jpg.html)

And all painted:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192010_194_zpsgdmajbrr.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192010_194_zpsgdmajbrr.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192015_307_zpsiga1e9bb.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192015_307_zpsiga1e9bb.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192023_790_zpsigehxlg6.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192023_790_zpsigehxlg6.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192030_351_zpsaas1kvu0.jpg

I (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_192030_351_zpsaas1kvu0.jpg.html) know its nothing show quality but it does the job nicely and I enjoyed making it.

Please post up things you have done, cheers.

[ozzy1100]

For those that didn't follow my last build on facewank or in
my skunkworks post in the drag racing section
Check out the pics on photobucket or the story in skunkworks :-)
one could say I love fab work enjoy :-)

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/62F4F48C-95E4-42E1-A9C5-821754768671_zpsi4pdnfdj.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/62F4F48C-95E4-42E1-A9C5-821754768671_zpsi4pdnfdj.jpg.html)

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/BF584486-75A2-46B2-B4F2-C34809409525_zpsunu8fnij.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/BF584486-75A2-46B2-B4F2-C34809409525_zpsunu8fnij.jpg.html)
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/FE334D58-4AAE-4B69-B327-80AF04027BEF_zpsmr3a0lm0.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/FE334D58-4AAE-4B69-B327-80AF04027BEF_zpsmr3a0lm0.jpg.html)
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/E9519419-961E-4343-816D-6F844EEB1277_zpskzbgxjtt.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/E9519419-961E-4343-816D-6F844EEB1277_zpskzbgxjtt.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/13C3FE68-BDA7-4041-94C4-E23E0D68D176_zpselvmrwbl.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/13C3FE68-BDA7-4041-94C4-E23E0D68D176_zpselvmrwbl.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/9AB5BD63-372E-43FC-8615-A69BB4A2AAD8_zpsjxnpkbat.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/9AB5BD63-372E-43FC-8615-A69BB4A2AAD8_zpsjxnpkbat.jpg.html)

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/ozzy1100/3C04DCD6-5071-4A0C-B991-D129FFD09545_zpsn98xu8cr.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/ozzy1100/media/3C04DCD6-5071-4A0C-B991-D129FFD09545_zpsn98xu8cr.jpg.html)

[ozzy1100]

Btw I love what you have done to the std yoke,
Clever and looks good

[Slim]

Now thats what I want to see, that looks awesome!! Love the tube work.

[Slim]

2 wheel related, just no motor. Simplifying the missus's MTB gears wise. Turned it into a single speed at the front and made a bash guard for it. She is keen to weld and fab so I set her up on the plasma to cut the guard out then I spun it up on the lathe to finish it off. Nothing complicated about it but now she can ride it knowing she had a hand it making it.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_141708_251_zps76advfoh.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_141708_251_zps76advfoh.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143212_446_zpsav1rqywj.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143212_446_zpsav1rqywj.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143545_652_zpsiernt2oz.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143545_652_zpsiernt2oz.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143835_842_zpsixofddlq.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_143835_842_zpsixofddlq.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_155037_791_zpsmoc1db6s.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_155037_791_zpsmoc1db6s.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_162719_955_zpshm2mpdxo.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_162719_955_zpshm2mpdxo.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_165908_510_zps53vad7p7.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_165908_510_zps53vad7p7.jpg.html)

[ozzy1100]

Sooooooo much fun to be had

[ozzy1100]

Go though the whole build, there was over 500 hrs of fab work
over 18 mths as well as the fab in constructing the fab table to do
the job

[Mishdog20]

Well we are all fucked now Lynton is here...lol. Ive got no decent photos of the steel jobs ive worked on, there was a bit of steel work in this project we did last year, but was all mainly timber work. Dunno if yas are interested at all..

[ozzy1100]

Well we are all fucked now Lynton is here...lol. Ive got no decent photos of the steel jobs ive worked on, there was a bit of steel work in this project we did last year, but was all mainly timber work. Dunno if yas are interested at all..

I vote throw them up mate, it's just interesting to see what people can make with their own hands

[Mishdog20]

Yeh too easy then mate. It was a taxi rank in the centre of Melton. Had to fab all 60 of the steel boots to support the timber beams, which were 450x90mm lvl beams. Feckin heavy too. Was over 150 mortices cut into the beams with chainsaws so all of the plates were recessed and hidden. Bloody agricultural way of working with chainsaws...lol. Was a good job in the end74047405

[Mishdog20]

This is another building resto done last year. We built an ultra modern office on one of the oldest buildings in town. Hand folded sheetmetal weatherboards, with Laser cut core 10 panels suspended off them. Bit of a pain in the ass considering it was all done with harnesses over the top, which is 4 storys up.

.7403

[ozzy1100]

That is insanely cool but so painful by the look of it lol

[Slim]

Thats a hell of a lot of screws right there haha. Finished up really nice, great job. Post up anything your happy to show off, the more the better. Always keen to see what other people make.

[Gitzy]

Just look at my concentration, look at me choke the shit outa that hammer. This just might have been my greatest centre pop I have ever achieved.

http://i.imgur.com/C7N5iAL.jpg

[Mishdog20]

Thats a hell of a lot of screws right there haha. Finished up really nice, great job. Post up anything your happy to show off, the more the better. Always keen to see what other people make.

Yeh there was a shitload of bolts, about 1400 m10's. Glad its all done now mate.

[Slim]

Just look at my concentration, look at me choke the shit outa that hammer. This just might have been my greatest centre pop I have ever achieved.

http://i.imgur.com/C7N5iAL.jpg


easy, easy, easy, BAM!, fuck I missed, throws hammer across the room. haha

Those spring loaded push centre punches are great. They don't leave the biggest mark in harder steels but I can live with that, can always go over a couple if needed.

[latheboy]

I make stuff too,
Something I did late last year that I can show you.
https://www.facebook.com/quickbitzmichael.kalaitzakis/videos/1057846987566937/

2000hp Hub Dyno.
This car lifts the front wheels on a trans brake start :)
Sitting in the car on the trans brake waiting for the boost to get to 45PSI and then launch was fun.
And no I didn't drive and yes I had my feet well away for the tunnel haha

[latheboy]

2 wheel related, just no motor. Simplifying the missus's MTB gears wise. Turned it into a single speed at the front and made a bash guard for it. She is keen to weld and fab so I set her up on the plasma to cut the guard out then I spun it up on the lathe to finish it off. Nothing complicated about it but now she can ride it knowing she had a hand it making it.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/IMG_20150316_165908_510_zps53vad7p7.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/IMG_20150316_165908_510_zps53vad7p7.jpg.html)
What's the thickness of that, I made mine from 3mm 5083.. one on each side so it's a chain guide as well as a bash guard.
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee405/latheboy179/Reign_zps1noz7ibm.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/latheboy179/media/Reign_zps1noz7ibm.jpg.html)

[Slim]

We started out with 10mm plate and then faced and stepped to suit the crank arm mounts. Probably about 6mm thick guarding the sprocket. Should be heaps for the riding she is currently doing. Due to the BB height Its unlikely she'll hit anything anyway. We mounted a roller chain guide after the pics were taken.

Yours came up well.

[ozzy1100]

I make stuff too,
Something I did late last year that I can show you.
https://www.facebook.com/quickbitzmichael.kalaitzakis/videos/1057846987566937/

2000hp Hub Dyno.
This car lifts the front wheels on a trans brake start :)
Sitting in the car on the trans brake waiting for the boost to get to 45PSI and then launch was fun.
And no I didn't drive and yes I had my feet well away for the tunnel haha

I try and lift my game, I try to be cool, I start to think big of myself
and then bam....... I get reminded what the cool kids really achieve
outstanding mate

[Slim]

Got boost?? haha Any manifold or cooler pics?

[latheboy]

It's very different though bud, I couldn't do what you do..
And there is really nothing to it, it's just lots of little bits to make up one big bit.
Plus a shit load of research to make sure the little bits are right.. this one is upgradable to 4000hp by bolting on some extra parts.. this was a big design job ..

[latheboy]

Not my car, I just built the dyno. Pics of my plenum are in my build thread. :)

[ozzy1100]

It's very different though bud, I couldn't do what you do..
And there is really nothing to it, it's just lots of little bits to make up one big bit.
Plus a shit load of research to make sure the little bits are right.. this one is upgradable to 4000hp by bolting on some extra parts.. this was a big design job ..

Mate, I'm just making this shit up as I go and I work under the same
rules.... Lots of little parts lol
I can think of a time when someone saying they needed to upgrade
a 2000hp dyno to upwards of 4000 hp would be considered madness

[xa-mont]

i done made this bolt the other day, to go in the stem i made, to go in the triple clamps i made, to go in my Beta 300rr in motard trim.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/1935566_865197000260914_126436457256536926_n_zpsia zswsyp.jpg (http://s29.photobucket.com/user/xacoupe/media/1935566_865197000260914_126436457256536926_n_zpsia zswsyp.jpg.html)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/1960043_865233833590564_558432583756690637_n_zpsif c69fva.jpg (http://s29.photobucket.com/user/xacoupe/media/1960043_865233833590564_558432583756690637_n_zpsif c69fva.jpg.html)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/FB_IMG_1452925096127_zps5igp4soh.jpg (http://s29.photobucket.com/user/xacoupe/media/FB_IMG_1452925096127_zps5igp4soh.jpg.html)

[latheboy]

It's all about timing, but I know you didn't and the gods where with you that day :)

[latheboy]

We started out with 10mm plate and then faced and stepped to suit the crank arm mounts. Probably about 6mm thick guarding the sprocket. Should be heaps for the riding she is currently doing. Due to the BB height Its unlikely she'll hit anything anyway. We mounted a roller chain guide after the pics were taken.

Yours came up well.

I cheated, I just drew it up in solidworks and had it laser cut.

[ozzy1100]

Trav mate, you just get better and better

[hooligan]

fuck you all and your fanciness.
7406

[latheboy]

Where's the fencing wire or hay bailing ???

[Gix11]

Cable ties: No.1 Streetfighter part.

[ozzy1100]

Cable ties = life

[hooligan]

I used them to attach the rad fans to my Vfr. They are awesome, and don't take up as much room in my garage as a cnc machine would.

[Slim]

Some pics of a removable tail I made for the R6 to pass RWC:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0181_zpsubui9cma.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0181_zpsubui9cma.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0180_zpsayh2niyc.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0180_zpsayh2niyc.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0177_zpsfwkzslb3.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0177_zpsfwkzslb3.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0185_zpshdj4jdkk.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0185_zpshdj4jdkk.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0184_zpsozwm4hym.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0184_zpsozwm4hym.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0183_zpsquju6xmh.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0183_zpsquju6xmh.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/slimo1/Bikes/R6/IMAG0182_zps24aqhcms.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/slimo1/media/Bikes/R6/IMAG0182_zps24aqhcms.jpg.html)

[latheboy]

You have too much spare time if you can make that just for a roady.

[Slim]

Didn't take too long to do, had it put together and file finished in a day. Besides you can never spend too much time in the shed ;)

[Slim]

Not me but have been following a few people on other sites that build stuff themselves. This guy does some really clean work, worth a look:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112578 (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112578)

[Shadowzone]

Can I post pics of my kids? Thats about all Ive made and even then the Mrs did the hard yards...

[Neo Dutch]

WLA. Before and after.

[Neo Dutch]

Fork off.

[ozzy1100]

Much coolness

[Gix11]

Nice.