hey nags remember that aluminium
05-29-2007, 03:47 AM
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hey nags remember that aluminium
remember that peace of aluminium we found that one night in the parking lot
i was bored tonight so i made this...........
it's a cell phone pic so it's shitty
i was bored tonight so i made this...........
it's a cell phone pic so it's shitty
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05-29-2007, 04:34 AM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
lol...nah it takes to long too make with my old lathe i couldn't sell them for the same or less then vortex....
now if i had a cnc mill ,that would be a different story.....
i would sell every thing thats made of aluminium...lol
now if i had a cnc mill ,that would be a different story.....
i would sell every thing thats made of aluminium...lol
05-29-2007, 08:26 AM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
Nice... Does it leak like your stock one?
05-29-2007, 10:05 AM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
You would like the one that I have down in the sod barn.. it is well over 100 yrs old, and has all sorts of leather belts running it and the self drive system. it is really high tech for those days......old tools are cool.
this lathe is about the size of a long narrow car! It still works very very well though. And if there wasnt an oooold belt maker jig, and tool, I wouldn't know what I'd do if the ORIGINAL belts were to break!!
The only thing that I have made so far is a make-shift fork seal driver out of a piece of large brass pipe, had to make the I.D. the same as the O.D. of the tubes so it would slide over....easy to run the old stuff, and I imagine people a long time ago doing the same thing that I am doing but in a time that was a lot simpler.
I guess that's why I bowhunt too, try to keep things semi-primitive. It is like early period americana ...meets... The industrial age and sort of remember where we all came from all in the same boat.
And neat gas cap Rog, I left my zooks on when I smashed it in, and it was the only one that never has leaked yet.... my other tanks, I took that off to do the dent & they all leaked. Gas croch sucks.
05-29-2007, 12:47 PM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
You would like the one that I have down in the sod barn.. it is well over 100 yrs old, and has all sorts of leather belts running it and the self drive system. it is really high tech for those days......old tools are cool.
this lathe is about the size of a long narrow car! It still works very very well though. And if there wasnt an oooold belt maker jig, and tool, I wouldn't know what I'd do if the ORIGINAL belts were to break!!
The only thing that I have made so far is a make-shift fork seal driver out of a piece of large brass pipe, had to make the I.D. the same as the O.D. of the tubes so it would slide over....easy to run the old stuff, and I imagine people a long time ago doing the same thing that I am doing but in a time that was a lot simpler.
I guess that's why I bowhunt too, try to keep things semi-primitive. It is like early period americana ...meets... The industrial age and sort of remember where we all came from all in the same boat.
And neat gas cap Rog, I left my zooks on when I smashed it in, and it was the only one that never has leaked yet.... my other tanks, I took that off to do the dent & they all leaked. Gas croch sucks.
this lathe is about the size of a long narrow car! It still works very very well though. And if there wasnt an oooold belt maker jig, and tool, I wouldn't know what I'd do if the ORIGINAL belts were to break!!
The only thing that I have made so far is a make-shift fork seal driver out of a piece of large brass pipe, had to make the I.D. the same as the O.D. of the tubes so it would slide over....easy to run the old stuff, and I imagine people a long time ago doing the same thing that I am doing but in a time that was a lot simpler.
I guess that's why I bowhunt too, try to keep things semi-primitive. It is like early period americana ...meets... The industrial age and sort of remember where we all came from all in the same boat.
And neat gas cap Rog, I left my zooks on when I smashed it in, and it was the only one that never has leaked yet.... my other tanks, I took that off to do the dent & they all leaked. Gas croch sucks.
05-29-2007, 01:22 PM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
No, it's ok. Please, be an ***! I won't feel at home if you don't!lol
??really though, let me know how this brass piece scored my forks??Cuz
I'm curious I wanna see pics of them scratched or something at least.
I made it outta brass because I wanted something to have a little more push, that wouldn't damage my forks. brass is heavy and soft. In fact I think Gunsmiths use Brass punches so they don't score the finish on nice expensive weaponry.
Trust me , it was just something that I had laying around, I didn't even consider using pvc, it had no wall thickness at all...the stuff I had laying around anyways. Seemed like it would cut into the top of the seals anyways.
I'm sure we could actually start a thread on: "what tools have you invented/made to work on your crunchy piece of stuntbike?" And we would get like 50 responses like yours and my both obviously brilliant ideas! Agree??
Now lets hear the stories of them that were built on a 100+ year old lathe!!! ........get back to me on my scratched up fork legs mmkay?
05-29-2007, 01:28 PM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
jstuntlockeYou would like the one that I have down in the sod barn.. it is well over 100 yrs old, and has all sorts of leather belts running it and the self drive system. it is really high tech for those days......old tools are cool.
this lathe is about the size of a long narrow car! It still works very very well though. And if there wasnt an oooold belt maker jig, and tool, I wouldn't know what I'd do if the ORIGINAL belts were to break!!
The only thing that I have made so far is a make-shift fork seal driver out of a piece of large brass pipe, had to make the I.D. the same as the O.D. of the tubes so it would slide over....easy to run the old stuff, and I imagine people a long time ago doing the same thing that I am doing but in a time that was a lot simpler.
I guess that's why I bowhunt too, try to keep things semi-primitive. It is like early period americana ...meets... The industrial age and sort of remember where we all came from all in the same boat.
And neat gas cap Rog, I left my zooks on when I smashed it in, and it was the only one that never has leaked yet.... my other tanks, I took that off to do the dent & they all leaked. Gas croch sucks
this lathe is about the size of a long narrow car! It still works very very well though. And if there wasnt an oooold belt maker jig, and tool, I wouldn't know what I'd do if the ORIGINAL belts were to break!!
The only thing that I have made so far is a make-shift fork seal driver out of a piece of large brass pipe, had to make the I.D. the same as the O.D. of the tubes so it would slide over....easy to run the old stuff, and I imagine people a long time ago doing the same thing that I am doing but in a time that was a lot simpler.
I guess that's why I bowhunt too, try to keep things semi-primitive. It is like early period americana ...meets... The industrial age and sort of remember where we all came from all in the same boat.
And neat gas cap Rog, I left my zooks on when I smashed it in, and it was the only one that never has leaked yet.... my other tanks, I took that off to do the dent & they all leaked. Gas croch sucks
you can get flat belts at your local bowling alley as long as its a brunswick
and worst case you can order them from brunswick ,they sell the stitcher also
nagsNice... Does it leak like your stock one?
GSWITCH33Awesome job man. I dont think I would have the patience to use an older lathe. I like my digital heads up display that I can set my tolerances on.
oh man i wish....but this one has it's advantages too like you can put some thing in the chuck and take a grinder to it while it's turning,bet you would never do that to you expensive machine..lol
this thing was run from a leather belt hanging from a pully that was turned by a water wheel out side the factory i have pics some where of about fifty of the same lathes in a row all running off the same shaft
mine was upgraded to an electric motor in 1914 and that motor still works i have it under my bench
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05-29-2007, 02:15 PM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
I guess youve never seen a brass hammer at work
Brass is the ideal metal to use in this situation, sure PVC pipe will prob work but is that something you want in your tool box for long term use?
Nice work everyone I love seeing homemade parts that arent ghetto tech
Brass is the ideal metal to use in this situation, sure PVC pipe will prob work but is that something you want in your tool box for long term use? Nice work everyone
I love seeing homemade parts that arent ghetto tech
05-29-2007, 02:18 PM
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Re: hey nags remember that aluminium
wheeliest pretty much got it ,i put a gasket in between the outer ring of the cap set up and the filler hole on the tank and i also drilled a small vent hole in the outer ring to the water catch so it won't build pressure and then i just have to get an oring for the cap itself...
i cut an o shaped gasket for the cap till i can get an oring
p.s jstunlocke post some pics of that lathe you got
i cut an o shaped gasket for the cap till i can get an oring
p.s jstunlocke post some pics of that lathe you got
