Stuff you have made today

[Memmeddu]

Disassembled 4 hydraulic cylinder ,two conventional and two with hallow rods .
Welded an hospital cart ,like bodywork welding .
Very satisfying.
Put a part material to make a burning guide to use both the cutting torch and plasma cutter.
Used on a side it will keep the plasma nozzle at 3mm from the plate , resting the retaining cap on the guide
On the other it will keep the cutting tip at 10mm from the plate , resting the tip nut on the guide .
Hopefully tomorrow I can start cutting and welding it together .
It will be roughly 600mm long.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Supposed to be doing it with my 8yo but he lost interest. Too fidly and fragile. Impressed with the kit. Fit and finish is excellent.

 

[Hood]

You must be quiet atm, how many sets of pegs have you made now? This the 3rd?

You jinxed me

Either that or I don't know my left from right, should have named them Port and Starboard and I would have been fine

Profile on the end of the lower one is wrong, it is the left hand pegs profile as the cut out section should be at the top
I set up the footpeg in the vice for the final cut which is the profile but I loaded the wrong bleeding code

So I will now have to order some more aluminium and make another right hand one, hopefully with a right hand profile on the end

Here is a vid of the operation before the cockup, cutting the ends with advanced clearing, 10mm DOC per pass. Shame I don't have a faster spindle as I could have ramped up the feedrate.
1min 18 seconds in is where it starts to cut the slot through the ends.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Should have been finished today but thabks to ironmongery directs website not adding the hinge plates to my basket I'm not

 

[AndersK]

Profile on the end of the lower one is wrong, it is the left hand pegs profile as the cut out section should be at the top

Engineering is the art of being approximately right rather than totally wrong.

First piece often is a no go, second try is right at it. Then you make a third to achieve perfection

Right or wrong, they look great

 

[roblane65]

Put one on a little oak plinth and give yourself a trophy ............

 

[selectedgrub]

Hood inspires me.
I reprinted them.

 

[bricol]

Engineering is the art of being approximately right rather than totally wrong.

First piece often is a no go, second try is right at it. Then you make a third to achieve perfection

Right or wrong, they look great

I thought it was get it nearly right, then be so busy it remains nearly right for the next decade, or until you stop making it . . .

 

[Nick DV]

Should have been finished today but thabks to ironmongery directs website not adding the hinge plates to my basket I'm not

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Nice work, and always the smallest thing that causes the biggest delay!

 

[JMS1972]

Finished welding the crud catcher for my T&C grinder. Not pretty but a but of paint should improve it no end

I used it as a way of improving my TIG welding. Thanks for all the help and support.

Quite pleased with the clamp for the shop vac.

Does need a Tee Nut making but that's a job for another day.

 

[Hood]

Well seeing as I now have a foot peg that is no use unless I want to turn into a bat and hang under the bike, I decided to have a wee mess with some engraving.
Ah, forgot, I killed my engraving tool a while back Ok so what about a 90 degree chamfer tool, nothing to lose as part is scrap anyway.
So drew it up, coded, set the peg up in the mill and pressed the button.

Quite happy with the result

 

[Brad93]

Well seeing as I now have a foot peg that is no use unless I want to turn into a bat and hang under the bike, I decided to have a wee mess with some engraving.
Ah, forgot, I killed my engraving tool a while back Ok so what about a 90 degree chamfer tool, nothing to lose as part is scrap anyway.
So drew it up, coded, set the peg up in the mill and pressed the button.

Quite happy with the result

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Can you not just use a DBIT tool for the engraving

 

[Hood]

Can you not just use a DBIT tool for the engraving

If I had one I could but I can't find them. Probably dumped them as they had been in the drawer for 20 years and never used
I with get another nine9 engraver as I have 3 or 4 new inserts.

 

[Hood]

Mind you I am pretty happy with the way it turned out even with the chamfer mill, to give an idea of the size the lower case letters are 2.3mm high.

 

[Mick Annick]

Mind you I am pretty happy with the way it turned out even with the chamfer mill, to give an idea of the size the lower case letters are 2.3mm high.

Cool, if you’re taking orders I need a pair for a 1975 Ossa and a 2019 KTM please

 

[Hood]

Cool, if you’re taking orders I need a pair for a 1975 Ossa and a 2019 KTM please

Afraid not, take too long to do.
If I was doing a load of them I could cut the time down by making jigs but even then it would be about 2hrs per peg.
Design time was way more and each bike would need their own design so definitely not something I would be doing.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Started last weekend.
3 safety valves, one is 6mm, one is 1/4"UNC and the last is 1/4" whit.
Had to wait untill today when I got home to fit the seals.

 

[Mick Annick]

Afraid not, take too long to do.
If I was doing a load of them I could cut the time down by making jigs but even then it would be about 2hrs per peg.
Design time was way more and each bike would need their own design so definitely not something I would be doing.

My ‘order’ was firmly tongue in cheek Hood! KTM pegs are obtainable, though old Ossa ones less so, though they are only a bit of 20mm flat strip bent in a U shape

 

[Hood]

My ‘order’ was firmly tongue in cheek Hood! KTM pegs are obtainable, though old Ossa ones less so, though they are only a bit of 20mm flat strip bent in a U shape

Aye I kind of thought that but just wanted to make sure
You can get loads of pegs for the Africa Twin, Hondas own Rally Pegs are actually quite nice and not that expensive, about £80-£90 I think but they are a bit bigger than I wanted and also if I make my own then I am the only one that has them

 

[slim_boy_fat]

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Started last weekend.
3 safety valves, one is 6mm, one is 1/4"UNC and the last is 1/4" whit.
Had to wait untill today when I got home to fit the seals.

Have you acquired a lathe and mill you've not told us about?