should have brought a Kawasaki
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should have brought a Kawasaki
Nah, I wanted a bike to ride, not sit in bits in the shed all the time :P
With the drilled discs, reckon you could trim one down to ~270mm diameter without a hole being on the edge?
Most of the disks are undrilled only a few models where from memory
And don't fret quality is worth waiting for lol
The old blokes knew how to get shit done,
To change fork offset they would use yokes of
other model Kawasaki's.
Today in the heat machining this front wheel to suit
narrower fork spacing of one such race bikes
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bloody ally swarf seems to go everywhere hey,made some polycarb sheet yesterday and fitted magnets so you can put on the table,works ok,nice work mate
When the vice is fitted I have ply tops with dowels that drop in on either side of the vice,Quote:
Originally Posted by safighter
same thing keeps swarf out and is a good place for your tools to sit :-)
I might have to come see you about modding an RS250 rear wheel one day Lynton.
Oi! Get in the queue, I need to book my frame in.
you guys should just get enclosed CNC machines ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by safighter
Should'a, would'a, could'a..... ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by xa-mont
Kinda boring and slow progress on the frame jig but I think
I have sorted the design for the swing arm pivot mounting assembly
Knocked up a test nut for the thread cutting
I am using 80x60 hollow bar and screw cuting a 62x 2.5 thread
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That looks like a boring job!
i'll get my hat....
my thoughts precisely...... now for the rest of the pain, sighs machining sux arse at times
If you need any repetitious stuff done let me know. i'll do you a good price.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzy1100
This is one off and I thought of palming it of to you trav :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by xa-mont
Thank you to btw, will be some things I will have you do into the future
if things go to plan
Got this far last night, made a start on the 250long 62mm x 2.5 threaded though bars
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some of this......
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then some of screw cutting
no picture, because screw cutting that's why, tip load at 2.5mm pitch at 62mm dia in a higher tensile steel deserves your respect......
end result
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machining really is a pain in the arse but two nights over the weekend in the shed getting progressively fucked
up and streaming music made this not that bad of gig ......
will be moving onto the threaded housings and upright next, still a heap of work to do and this is just the swing arm pivot mounting points...... I really question if the extra effort of my designs are worth the extra hassle and expense. There are
between 5 and 10 frames to be done straight up just between us and fuck it why cant I have the coolest toys.....
Top shelf.
What took so long ? I was there over a week ago and this is all you've done ????
Nice work mate.
Thanks lads,
Btw Dan, I'd been looking at that blank steel
for a week before you turned up. Took me that
long to decide the matching sequence
Made some progress on the threaded housing and managed
to finish one.
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Nice.
So much win mate.
Shame you've got so much work lined up or I'd get you to sort the EFE. Because I'm lazy hahaha
I'm lazy to, that's why I'm making good tooling lol
If you don't want to give it a crack wait till I have a bit more time and I'll at least walk you through it
I owe you a few favours
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Sizing thread cut, 100mm long
Slowly getting there on the swing arm mounting points on the frame jig build
Time to nail down some measurements, was in two minds over a few details so I called
in the very technical c.a.r.d design process...... Still cant decide on the best balance
of rigidity vs greater flexibility in options.
Tonight is Christmas night, I like a lot of parents this Christmas am apart from my child for whatever reason...
All the best to you this festive season
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BOXING DAY MADNESS
put some time away today to finish the screw cutting on this part of the project, these lock nuts actually took as much thought
as the housing. These assembly's will be mounted horizontal and screw in and out to clamp and hold the bike through the
swing arm pivot, while being able to leave the swing arm in still able to datum to centre line.
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Happy festive period to you as well and all this fine metal porn is being well received. I follow a build on YouTube called project binky, and they use CAD design for everthing (Card Aided Design) lol. I am a big fan of CAD as well. Kelloggs makes some good hardware to support this application which is readily available even for free in some cases 😉🎅
binky is without doubt my all time favourite you tube series and has directly influenced my way of thinking lol
the whole project is just hands done the best real world build, funny as fuck while technically being correct
with nothing but basic tools and down right interesting things I have ever followed online
And still can't decide on a final height........
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Might have known you be all over binky. I've got several blokes at work hooked on it too. Always look forward to the new episodes lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ozzy1100
Same everyone I put onto it love it, like u say it's worth the wait lolQuote:
Originally Posted by slingy88
Absolutely cunt of a job but at least I get to try out
my new noga coolent mist spayer
Need to cope both the uprights to swing arm pivot mount
http://youtu.be/9qJlngj9y9w
Is there anything you can't do??!
Watching that makes me dizzy.
I can't seem to stop buying tools and parts :-((((Quote:
Originally Posted by Gix11
To be honest si it's all just basic engineering but
like the men in black I just make it look good lol
Lol try staring at it for 8 hrs and see how you feel.Quote:
Originally Posted by GammaBoy
That one process is going to cost me over 10 hrs
( I factored 4 fuck.....) and there is a second one to do after that wtf is wrong with me lol
should sent it down to your buddy at Hammond engineering. would have been a 20min job here with a 20mm end mill. :P
Hows the mist coolant? i've considered changing my mill to something like that. either that or a high pressure system, need something with a bit more go about it to evacuate chips from deep pockets.
Trust me mate it was a 50/50 call weather you did these or I didQuote:
Originally Posted by xa-mont
It came down to cash to be honest, I know you would have done them cheep for me
but I just brought a pan break and 2x sheet metal rollers and after the valve facing machine,
valve seat cutter, engine boring bar, bead blaster and extra tooling the money I put aside
went south lol
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As for the mist tool, I think it's fantastic. hours of machining
for less than a liter of soluble oil. Apparently the air cools better
then the coolent and the oil is just for lude. This unit was under
$200 but I'm not sure if the air flow ( low) is enough for deep pockets.
My gut says preasure but I'd hate to think what that will cost you :-(
Making progress
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cool. As for all the hours etc, like any business, you have to try it first to get the actual amount of time logged and into your head so you know for next time. You'll factor 20 next time instead of 4.
I love those Paiolis, but I hear scuttlebut that they don't actually work that well....Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzy1100