Stuff you have made today

[Bullet2012]

@Hood
I think this pannier idea is slightly flawed and can be vastly improved.
Go back in time and to a different continent, where the cowboy on his mighty stallion always had a mule tied to his stallion with a length of rope and the mule carried all his goods.
Now
Replace the cowboy and stallion with you on your Africa Twin,
why burden the steed with all the luggage ?
what you need is a Honda Cub ! You will see them on the roads of Asian countries carrying larger loads than the average lorry. I do understand that the aforementioned Honda Cub will not just follow along tied with a piece of rope .
This is where the idea gets even better and will get you brownie points with the government.
Employ a spotty youth to ride the Cub and bring your goods to you.
therebye solving two first world issues in one.

 

[oldbikedavey]

Mould No.2 of the cylinder head pattern has been made , after much effort and annoyance.
Might even fire up the Beast Furnace tomorrow , and go for a pour.
Nice to have an assistant at such times , but not essential.....

 

[Barking Mat]

Lots of work in these bits, metres and metres of welding and polishing.

View attachment 473428 View attachment 473429

What are they ?

 

[dobbslc]

Mould No.2 of the cylinder head pattern has been made , after much effort and annoyance.
Might even fire up the Beast Furnace tomorrow , and go for a pour.
Nice to have an assistant at such times , but not essential.....

I'll look out for the ash cloud in the east.

 

[oldbikedavey]

I'll look out for the ash cloud in the east.

It's a little cutie once it wakes up properly, even if the ground shakes when its on full throttle......

 

[zx9]

No, wouldn't really be room for an effective cross brace as it would have to be curved up that high for wheel clearance that it would be ineffective.
I am currently however working on a stay which hooks into the lower slot for the oem panniers.


View attachment 474200View attachment 474201

Though it was the best part of thirty years ago I remember so well riding from Somerset to London on my KLR600, watching the warm glow of the sun setting in my mirrors only to discover that the warm glow was actually flames coming out of my throw over panniers. My girlfriend was not impressed, one because it was her clothes in that side of the pannier and two because she was sat on the pillion seat at the time trying to alert me to the fact we were on fire.
I think you should test extensively before selling.

 

[6ply]

Wanted a 5mm hex t-handle driver. Chopped end off Allen key and pressed into end of unidentified BMS bar. Tried to cut handle with hacksaw... Not a chance! Made of the hardest scraptonium! Cut handle with angle grinder. Welded handle and hex end with tru alloy 80 rods. They seem to be able to weld anything to anything. The rods are vintage (came from my father) do they still make them or what's the modern equivalent?

If it doesn't fall apart I may make a few more as I have a box of spare keys.

 

[Richiew]

312 stainless?

Elettrodo TRUALLOY 80 - Ø 2,5 | Temar srl

Elettrodo TRUALLOY 80 con diametro di 2.5. Scopri l'intera gamma di prodotti per la saldatura, ricambi e consumabili, offerti da Temar Srl.

www.temarsrl.com

 

[6ply]

312 stainless?

Elettrodo TRUALLOY 80 - Ø 2,5 | Temar srl

Elettrodo TRUALLOY 80 con diametro di 2.5. Scopri l'intera gamma di prodotti per la saldatura, ricambi e consumabili, offerti da Temar Srl.

www.temarsrl.com

I don't know. Is that likely? I use 6013 for everything else.

 

[6ply]

@Richiew I think you're right. Dad wrote "dissimilar rods" on bag. That's the description I found after googling 312.

Cheers!

 

[Richiew]

Jody from Welding Tips and Tricks is rather enamoured with 312 stainless. I think it's his "weld anything" rod.

I thought of 312 before I went googling as I've heard him mention it a number of times.

 

[RichardM]

Though it was the best part of thirty years ago I remember so well riding from Somerset to London on my KLR600, watching the warm glow of the sun setting in my mirrors only to discover that the warm glow was actually flames coming out of my throw over panniers. My girlfriend was not impressed, one because it was her clothes in that side of the pannier and two because she was sat on the pillion seat at the time trying to alert me to the fact we were on fire.
I think you should test extensively before selling.

I used to pick a mate up on the way to work, bucket helmet on the helmet holder of a 400/4. Going along the A38 I see a trail of white smoke behind me, stop to check (it's dark at 5:30 am) and find nothing wrong, nothing smoking etc. Proceed slowly watching out for smoke but nothing showing! Get to his house and the helmet is nice and warm, with a graze mark down the side as has the rear tyre! It had blown against the tyre at speed rubbing against the tyre wall.

 

[dobbslc]

Serves him right, he should look after his own helmet.

 

[Turbo]

Jody from Welding Tips and Tricks is rather enamoured with 312 stainless. I think it's his "weld anything" rod.

I thought of 312 before I went googling as I've heard him mention it a number of times.

Always useful to have a few 309 or 312 rods in stock.

 

[Hood]

Got the lower support bracket made for the side rack, may end up making it from stainless but may end up not making any at all, depends on interest of the Africa Twin forum guys

Anyway some pics.

And a video.

 

[Kram]

Looks great. Weld a brace accross the bends to strengthen? You know it will be overloaded the way they stack luggage on a bike

 

[Hood]

Looks great. Weld a brace accross the bends to strengthen? You know it will be overloaded the way they stack luggage on a bike

I had considered doing that but I am not sure if making it stronger at that point is a good thing or not as it would just transfer the shock to the fixing points. This would only be a concern if dropping the bike, unlikely you could load them up with enough luggage to damage it, 5mm 5083 is fairly robust stuff.

 

[Kram]

Today finished the outside fence panels. A bit of a pain as adter near finishing the first panel I noticed middle arris rail was out of place, out of the supports, so had to take it off and redo.

Left to do, theres about half meter gap between the last post and the rear panel to build up. It *all* needs painting. I need to fit the trellises better as they are a loose fit in the concrete post slot, with one, one side above the top of post, so needs a bracket.

He's asked me to fix the last panel, behind his bins. A closer look today shows it is completely rotten. It would look a hell of a lot better if I also replaced that and his gate, but its extra cost and time. I may be able to bodge a repair with some spare feather edge but I doubt it would last that long.

 

[4String.]

Glued up lots of pine today prior to turning it into bowls tomorrow:


Also attempted to turn a small bowl from some offcuts of iroko but my enthusiasm outweighs my skill as yet. If I had a pound for every catch it generated, I'd have enough to buy a new lathe .

 

[selectedgrub]