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- Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:51 pm
- Forum: The Bull Pen
- Topic: I need some pictures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1250
I need some pictures
I'm trying to get the old Chopper Builders Handbook site back up and running and need pictures of peoples project builds for the old 'Projects' page so if you have time send me whatever you want published again. I appreciate the help from everybody who is helping to get the site back up and running ...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:11 pm
- Forum: Project Build-Logs
- Topic: Indian Mark's I swear it'll run someday chop
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16213
Re: Indian Mark's I swear it'll run someday chop
I'd ditch that tank as it screws up the proportions of the bike. Hope you didn't make it and pardom my opinion if you did.
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:04 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Engine Base & Down-Tube Fabrication
- Replies: 4
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Re: Engine Base & Down-Tube Fabrication
Any good bike fab shop should be able to make these tubes in one piece. Just take them your mock-up tubes and maybe a few dimensional sketches of what you need. Those are really easy bends to make so the cost should not be to bad.
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:58 pm
- Forum: Jig and Fixture Building
- Topic: a Jig is just a Tool
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16999
Re: a Jig is just a Tool
Keep in mind that there are two distinct schools of thought about jigs and fixtures. One school submits to the concept that a jig or a fixture is merely a 'positioning' device and does not rigidly hold the tubing. The other school adheres to the concept of having the jig or fixture clamp all of the ...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:59 pm
- Forum: Jig and Fixture Building
- Topic: a Jig is just a Tool
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16999
a Jig is just a Tool
I hope that as people come to the site they keep in mind that jigs and fixtures are just tools of the trade. Sometimes we build something that is relatively permanant in nature and other times we hack something together for a specific situation. When I was coming up most of the old greybeards I work...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:51 pm
- Forum: Rants, Raves, Vents, Editorials and Philosophy
- Topic: compendium?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9632
Re: compendium?
I think that Ed Roth would have liked this concept very much.
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:36 pm
- Forum: The Bull Pen
- Topic: Nice to be here
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1459
Nice to be here
I'm glad to find that all of you pudwhackers (Maz excluded) have found some way to be constructive in your spare time. Winter is coming on so I expect to see some garage choppin going here over the next few months and some new rides hitting the streets in spring.