Thanks and It is NICE to be here!!
I got started steering my girl my girl!!!
I got the planned machining of the trees done!!
We will see with fitting if any more machining will need done???
I started by fly cutting the plates down to 1.750 thickness I wanted from 2.00in!!!!
This took awhile!!!
The two plates at thickness!!
Then used the infamous 30mm drill bit to drill hole in top tree!!!
Then used 15/16in bit to drill bottom tree!!
Then threaded 1in 14tpi!!!
I then drilled the clamp bolt hole in top tree and ran 1/2 13tpi tap down as far as it would go so I could hand thread latter!!!
Then drilled the two holes one each plate for the linkage bolts!!!
These bolt wil be cut to size and threaded on both ends later once sure proper length!!
Then slotted for the shock!! I decided to run just one!!
I decided to cut this direction so I would not have any sharp corners to avoid cracks and breakage latter!!
Showing how well shock fits!!!
I will turn a piece of steel and put inside the rubber so shock will not be a structural part when tightening the legs down!!
Then put recess in for the shock clearance!!!
Showing the shock inserted!!
Showing shock has enough movement if the forks leave the ground!!!!
I then used a known angle gauge and made clearance for upward movement!!
Then drilled the holes for the handlebars!! Then used 3/4 endmill to recess the bolts!!! While testing depth!!!
Then clamped on rotary table to put the curves in top tree!!
Then used grinder to cut for the clamping part that will fix the top tree!!!
Then hand sawed the rest of the way thru!!
I also used a sawsall after to open up it a little farther!!!
I put it back in vise and used the drill bit to drill the clamping hole to line it back up!!
Then used a 1/2 endmill to drill thru shoulder side of plate!!
I used the saw blade to know when I was to the other threade part of plate!!!
Then 3/4in endmill to recess the bolt head!!
Then fly cut the top tree to clear the backbone!!!
Then put curves of bottom tree!!
The two trees done!!
Top
Bottom!!!
Set on top each other!!!
I also have 3/4 of the steering shaft done!! It is turned to size and theaded for the bottom tree!!!
After 18hrs straight machining only stopping to eat and the ocasional planning session I am taking a break!!!
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