Recent content by motophile

Mold maker here, ive drilled and reamed a lot of holes. You can change the finished hole size by changing amount of stock left in hole. Bigger chip, bigger hole.

I attended a machine class in high school, and was working part time in a shop. Graduated ,went full time. They made stator winding machines and i was taught form grinding. These are some of the different shapes the wire wraps around. I would make hundreds of those things,i soon got bored of it...

At times i have had to counter weight the table so it wouldn't tip. That Kent with the 8×18 chuck would be nice.

And here they are loaded in the mold

An example of od grinding on the surface grinder

That looks like a nice grinder. Most of my day is spent in front of a surface grinder fitting mold parts. I wish mine had a lower Z feed like that one. When spinning core pins your arm is above your head all day.lol. Is that a wheel dresser mounted on the spindle?

never mind all ready mentioned .

Or when you build the roof rack ,have a bar that telescopes out of a channel of sorts that you then attach a simple rope pulley to.

I really like the street tracker look, mine ,a 78 xl 500

Just thinking out loud, would the doubters feel better if they were pressurized. A steel airbag if you will.

I always keep the blade 1/4 the surface, you dont want to wear that down. as for the auger,that feeds the fan,or impeller that the blade or scraper, if ya wanna call it that, collects from your drive.

Time to go riding

Yes, what Shirk said, now that the bmw is done... i think i saw a moto guzzi in the shop.Here is mine thats had a little work done.

Hi Gregor, first time posting to this great thread. I have a tip that may help with close bearing fits. I have pin gauge sets at work, but with a lathe you can make a no go gauge to check your bore. I hope this helps in future jobs.

Does that one not have arms at all? Yes, has arms, first pic hard too see. And it did come with tall threaded extenders. so i could raise lower tires on blocks add extenders and raise. that would give about seven inches clearance between chassis and lift.