The Chopper Compendium

Make a steel cutout like the wood one swamprabbit made for his mockup , round out the corners of the inside cuts and then "I-beam" it on all edges ! Again , if you sand blast it after it will look like a casting ! And if you create your links similarly (and make the links as two units inst...

I caint find that post either , The oldest entry is newer than that ! I did send you a picture of that drawing when we were corresponding over that Clutch/Shifter idea for La Putanya ! If you make a set of 4 identical rockers so that the top ones are installed upside down as compared to the wheel ro...

Just for you friend I will give advance of my design for the front end it may be crazy or just plain stupid? I will make a set of I beam forks that bolt fixed to the trees. The lower part will have a set of springer rockers hopefully Sugarbear style. About half way up the legs will be a set of 2 li...

build a girder the same way and use short sections of tubing in the drilled holes and it will drastically improve the strength of the unit ( welded in tubing should be less than the width of the strips used to make the sides from ) ! Sand blast it and it would be hard to tell it from a casting !

I don't see why it would be that much more complicated to just fabricate a new one that fits lke you need it to !??

A 110 will work (just) if you pay strict attention to procedure and prep ! You know the drill , properly clean the parts , get the bevel/gap right , appropriate filler , and PREHEAT THE WELD AREA !! That last is as important as all the rest as that can mean the diff between good penetration and a pr...

A lot of info on the 'net about recycling old cargo containers into homes , workshops , garages ect... ! There are whole communities in eastern Europe built this way !!

Just a thought , If you are going to put any real mileage on that creation you might consider a "stone deflector" grill on that radiator ! Good lookin' build , bet it looks better in paint !!

Be real interested in seeing this in paint ! Got a serious "Arlen Ness" vibe going on there !!

Nathan , Bud you aint just good , Yer FAST !!!

Contact Rocky at the Iron Wigwam , He is also campaigning an Indian streamliner at the flats and might be able to help !

Outstanding , Nathan that is clean and different without sacrificing functionality !

I am waiting to see what you do for the forks !!

[quote="justin caise"]259 pgs or so, in PDF...
Yep , that's it ! Most usefull book I have ever owned !

Give her the ride she deserves bro !!

When she's old enuff are you gonna build her one or help her do it herself ?

www.homemadetools.net , www.backyardmetalcasting.com , www.alloyavenue.com and www.instructables.com are all good resources for anyone that wants to create one off bike or car parts in metal ! Creating a pattern from easily carved and shaped materials that are cheap and plentiful in order to pour mo...