Moderator drewpy Posted January 9, 2014 Moderator Posted January 9, 2014 normaly a buck is made, that's how they made the bubble canopies for the ww2 aircraft, heat up the sheet and quickly put around the buck.
Noise Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Love them lights man! nice and clean with the indicators built it. And again in sexy gloss black!
feliks Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks buddy!! I searched high and low until I found the perfect tail light... I like how the dual round look matches the headlights. Everything's gotta flow!! I started making modifcations to the back chassis to attach the tail light, and then mocked up a bracket with some cardboard, which I'm going to take over to the local sheet metal place to get cut, or cut myself, depending on how much they want for the job....then I'll get the bracket welded up on the back (or bolted for now) and paint it all up a nice gloss black. Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr
sniff6 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Surprising what you can achieve with a sausage roll box Now crack on Feliks 1
feliks Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 haha oh yeah, anything that works! I took my prototype down to the sheet metal place today, they're going to make it up for me for $50 including the material...not bad I'd say!
dt502001 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 What type of metal? If they use galvy you wont be able to weld it on.
feliks Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 Just plain 1/16 steel, I figured I'd be painting it black anyway. I might just end up bolting it on anyway, we'll see how it turns out with the tabs I made and how good of a job they do with my prototype.
rzresurection Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Just plain 1/16 steel, I figured I'd be painting it black anyway. I might just end up bolting it on anyway, we'll see how it turns out with the tabs I made and how good of a job they do with my prototype. I'd just bolt it on. You might want to remove it at some point. If you want it permanently mounted later on, bring it by and I'll weld it on for you.
dt502001 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Erum I hope you mean 16 guage steel,,1/16 th is like paper,,, not exacty sure but would be like 28-30 guage steel
feliks Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 I'd just bolt it on. You might want to remove it at some point. If you want it permanently mounted later on, bring it by and I'll weld it on for you. Sweet, thanks buddy! Erum I hope you mean 16 guage steel,,1/16 th is like paper,,, not exacty sure but would be like 28-30 guage steel yeah, 16 gauge is what I meant
feliks Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Got my bracket back already! Quick turnaround time at that shop! Fits absolutely perfect! Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr
Noise Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Great what a little bit of card can turn into. Get on and paint it and get it on the bike.
feliks Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Already drilling the holes.... just have to balance working on the bike and getting my real work done!
feliks Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Ok bracket prepped and ready for paint! Going with VHT self priming roll bar and chassis paint, same stuff I used on the rear chassis which it's going to connect to. Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr
feliks Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Turned out pretty decent! Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr
Noise Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I know it's not going to be seen but are you going to rub it down with some wet and dry to get rid of the fat ass syndrome? Its just I see you got some orange peel gong on
feliks Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 No. It's an underbody chassis part, not a finished body piece.... it blends in perfectly with the chassis paint. Everything is mounted up now! Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr
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