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Hood
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No, what makes you think that?Something for the bike, again?
Hood
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No need, once I sit on it nothing mattersHave you put that bike on a weighbridge yet?
Johnnybravo
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How much of this bike was missing when you bought it? 
Hood
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I just like to personalise like most bikers do but mine is extra special as no one else has the same parts as they are one offHow much of this bike was missing when you bought it?
My teacher always said I was special
Heel plate? Are you going to polish it before anodising - will the machining marks be visible?Bit of a waste of material as I only had a lump of 4" x 2" aluminium and the part is only 20mm thick but it was spare and already had been paid for so...
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First side done.
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Turned over and had to face off 30mm, should have chopped on the bandsaw I suppose but I just wasted it instead
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Didn't have any suitable Acetal sheet so just used some 140mm dia.
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Shoved it in the lathe and parted off then faced and engraved the other side, bit of chatter at the ends but it is hardly seen in real life and will get scratched up anyway.
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Still need to anodise the aluminium but that will have to wait until next weekend.
Oh, you are most definitely specialI just like to personalise like most bikers do but mine is extra special as no one else has the same parts as they are one off
My teacher always said I was special
(It's ok, I never brought my coat tonight)
Hood
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Nope, a chain fin or whatever you call it and nope, not going to polish as I want the machining marks to show.
Here is a footpeg and brake pedal I made, I reckon the machining marks add to the look but maybe that is just me
Just so long as I get to buy that Chiron for the same price he sold it to you for when you decide to sell it, and I won't mention what he said about youAye but you listened to Mark too much, good job for you I knew what he was like and thus discounted most of the things he said about you
Chain fin - to stop your toes going between chain and rear sprocket?Nope, a chain fin or whatever you call it and nope, not going to polish as I want the machining marks to show.
Here is a footpeg and brake pedal I made, I reckon the machining marks add to the look but maybe that is just me
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Machining marks - thought you might, are you going to finish it off so the machining marks follow the outline of the insert?
Heel plate as in carbon below:
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Oh there is no chance of you getting the Chiron, already spoken forJust so long as I get to buy that Chiron for the same price he sold it to you for when you decide to sell it, and I won't mention what he said about you
Oh I can just imagine what he said as I certainly know the things he said about others, especially your good self
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Yes, exactly that, original below.
No need for heel plates on the AT, long way from the chain on it.
Machining marks sort of follow the insert and will just stay that way.
I’ve been doing a bit of aluminium work too recently, just finished. More or a display of what can be done with a manual mill and some basic calcs in cad. These are some adjustable lapping / polishing tools for a big job later this year (I’ll post pics of that when it happens) but basically they’re to polish a valve seat once machined. One has been finished with a flap wheel the others been left. Probably won’t bother flapping the other, see how it performs.
Are they classed as a compound curve? Anyway they’re curved in two planes to accommodate the shape of the valve seat.
Finished mounted on their tool holders, below shows the full range of movement should it be needed
A vast improvement on the previous design which wasn’t much more than a formed piece of wood…
Are they classed as a compound curve? Anyway they’re curved in two planes to accommodate the shape of the valve seat.
Finished mounted on their tool holders, below shows the full range of movement should it be needed
A vast improvement on the previous design which wasn’t much more than a formed piece of wood…
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Nothing like the talent of a lot of you guys but faced off a cut down cylinder head today to tidy the cut up before welding and then re-machining. Was just nice to be a in a workshop of my own again, despite the cold lol.
What's going on here? I've never seen someone skim an entire cylinder or 2 of the end of a cylinder head.
Straight 6 or v12 head onto a 4 cylinder? If so, what engine?
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Were you part of the JLR team that “ developed “ their V6 by any chance?
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It’s a Vauxhall Carlton 24v head. You are correct. Lopping two cylinders off and mating to an omega A 2.4 bottom end to create a 16v CIH aka manta 400 incarnation. They were cast strictly as a 16v but this is a way of doing it on a moderately better budget. Still not cheap by any stretch but I’ve wanted to have a go for some time.
I had an old and totally knackered swivel base vice under the work bench. The moving jaw was cracked through and the rest looked like it had been through ww3. The swivel base was still good
Wanting a swivel grinding jig /base for my spin indexer I decided to repurpose the vice by milling it down flat to which I'm now mounting the indexer. Seems to be going fine so far.
Wanting a swivel grinding jig /base for my spin indexer I decided to repurpose the vice by milling it down flat to which I'm now mounting the indexer. Seems to be going fine so far.
