The Chopper Compendium

Tool for holding my rods for weighing the top half and bottom half. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/WEIGHINGRODS007.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/WEIGHINGRODS005.jpg I used skateboard wheel bearings for the bushings that ride in the rod ends. http://i128.p...

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/MAINSHAFTTOOL005.jpg Tool to pull the timken races out of the left case. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/PAULSTRANNY001.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/PAULSTRANNY003.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/...

Here are some wheels I turned down for my truing stand to balance my flywheels, ABEC 3 bearings. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/spennebake/TRUINGWHEELS001.jpg I made two sets of shafts to mount the flywheels on. One for sprocket shaft taper and the other for the pinion taper. http://i128.ph...

I have been searching for a spring that suits this need. Do you know the spring rate? 100 lbs? Thanks Scott

Looks good....proportions seem off the the distance between the bottom rails. You have mad skills with that software. What are you using? My head light has been mounted there for a few years now ........same bulb. Teflon washer?????? Wouldn't do it. I have some on my forward controls....and I think ...

yona wrote:I just use a small sharp punch I made from a broken pin punch.... I tape off the area and make lines of punch marks about 3/16th apart....raises the material enough to bite....

Yona is speaking the Gospel there.......Just go get a nice punch and have at it. Works like a champ!

KeithinSB wrote:mine

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I fuckin' love it!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

My only other thoughts on your sequence of building is tack welding the girder and then letting it sit for awhile. Some rust will accumulate at your joints. For tig welding this sucks but if your are stick or flux core welding it may not be as much of an issue.............Scott

Looks good Curt!

Looks like some quality work you did there. Nice Job!

Scott

My pictures seem to suck when it comes to quality pictures. My old shop lights have such a strong yellow spectrum. Right now I am making truing stands for balancing my new flywheels. Making four wheels on the lathe to press bearings into. My friend Ray up in Canada has led me in this project. He wri...

I am humbled by your kind words. I never knew there were pics of my forks on the CD. McMaster Carr is a good source for online oil lite bushings. I would recomend when you make your links to drill the holes undersize and then ream to size for a press fit. If you have problems getting the oil lites l...

I would build the frame first. Most likely you need a counter bore on the top of the upper yoke for the stem nut. You will need a counter bore on the underside of the top yoke for the preload nut. Why would you not want to use oil lite bushings? Just for reference...My bike sits 3.25" off the g...

Well it sound like you are doing it right Dan. There is some good geometry threads going on over at ShovelheadUSA. I am trying to do the same to the Pan finally. I am switching over to a 73 and later pinion shaft to convert to end oiling for my old girl along with 4 1/2" wheels. Wishing you all...