Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Gear Shifter Sorted
This is version number four, and it's a ripper, luckily they only take a week or so to make......
The shifter is positioned so the your hand falls off the steering wheel straight onto the shifter.
The movement of the lever to shift gears is on 35mm with a light and positive feel.
Movement is transferred by an outboard motor cable with only one gentle curve to the gear box
The shifter is positioned so the your hand falls off the steering wheel straight onto the shifter.
The movement of the lever to shift gears is on 35mm with a light and positive feel.
Movement is transferred by an outboard motor cable with only one gentle curve to the gear box
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Nose Cone Buck
The bodywork has been very slow going with three of the four versions hitting the bin!! And that's just the nose cone.....
I can't start on the rest until that's sorted.
Anyway, I think I have it this time...
This is still only the unfinished buck that the fibreglass will be lifted off. Then that will get cut and shut to suit. Still a lot of work and it's not that much fun unfortunately.
The glass mudguard is just a light template I lifted out of the mould so it can be cut to shape to incorporate the mountings on the inside. The mould will make both left and right guards with the mounting valance which bolts to the calliper mount on the inside of each....that's the plan anyway.
1/2" rhs with .55 zincalume attached via the tangs to avoid heat distortion if it was welded. The fill pieces are 1.2mm zinc TIG welded on the sides to hold the masking tape and Gyprock in place, it sands like chalk and is cheap
The Nose pivots from the front
I can't start on the rest until that's sorted.
Anyway, I think I have it this time...
This is still only the unfinished buck that the fibreglass will be lifted off. Then that will get cut and shut to suit. Still a lot of work and it's not that much fun unfortunately.
The glass mudguard is just a light template I lifted out of the mould so it can be cut to shape to incorporate the mountings on the inside. The mould will make both left and right guards with the mounting valance which bolts to the calliper mount on the inside of each....that's the plan anyway.
1/2" rhs with .55 zincalume attached via the tangs to avoid heat distortion if it was welded. The fill pieces are 1.2mm zinc TIG welded on the sides to hold the masking tape and Gyprock in place, it sands like chalk and is cheap
The Nose pivots from the front
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