brian
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Had a professional do it.
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brian
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Just about ready to get it out on the trails
I don't buy it. But I would like it.
I have the bulk of the work done on the rear legs for the English Wheel. I wanted both the front leg and rear legs to be removable, because then the main frame of the English Wheel is mostly compact and flat, so it can be laid down for transport or stood against a wall for storage. However, with the weight of the assembly, I wanted something that could be easily aligned to get the legs on with a few hundred pounds of steel hanging in the air.
I moved the English Wheel onto the jig table so that I'd have a flat and level surface to work off of to make sure that everything was aligned. With everything aligned, I clamped the legs in place and drilled through from the pocketed holes in the legs through the body of the English Wheel and stuck bolts in the holes to hold things in place. I then drilled first a small hole through the rear gusset on the legs and into the body of the English Wheel and then with a hole saw cut a larger hole through the gusset. The bolts were removed, English Wheel suspended, and a larger hole was cut into the English Wheel body.
A 1.5" tube with an internal cap was aligned and welded into the English Wheel body and then ground smooth. A 1.25" tube was then aligned and welded to the gusset on the legs, both sides were capped, and ground smooth.
Now, with the English Wheel body suspended, the tube on the gusset (tenon) can be inserted into the tube on the body (mortise), which aligns everything to put the bolts in place without trying to wrestle several hundred odd pounds around for alignment.
The front leg has a similar joint and will have bolts through the gusset plates.
I moved the English Wheel onto the jig table so that I'd have a flat and level surface to work off of to make sure that everything was aligned. With everything aligned, I clamped the legs in place and drilled through from the pocketed holes in the legs through the body of the English Wheel and stuck bolts in the holes to hold things in place. I then drilled first a small hole through the rear gusset on the legs and into the body of the English Wheel and then with a hole saw cut a larger hole through the gusset. The bolts were removed, English Wheel suspended, and a larger hole was cut into the English Wheel body.
A 1.5" tube with an internal cap was aligned and welded into the English Wheel body and then ground smooth. A 1.25" tube was then aligned and welded to the gusset on the legs, both sides were capped, and ground smooth.
Now, with the English Wheel body suspended, the tube on the gusset (tenon) can be inserted into the tube on the body (mortise), which aligns everything to put the bolts in place without trying to wrestle several hundred odd pounds around for alignment.
The front leg has a similar joint and will have bolts through the gusset plates.
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From there, I got the nuts welded in on either side - just enough room to fit a socket wrench.
I was working on the other toy. It suffers from the dash lifting at the defrost vents. There is a fix but the dash must come out... all of it...
Production run... Drill each end; tap each end - one left hand threads, the other right hand threads; knurl the end with left hand threads; and polish everything up. They're rods for a body support kit for dune buggies with rod ends on either end.
steel or aluminum?
Al-u-min-eum!
brian
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Going to start gathering parts for this guy.
Gave it a wash this afternoon. But need to get brakes on the 94.....never have i had more of a problem with rusty brake lines than on 80 series....Friday made the 6th time I drove one home with a popped hard line.
Gave it a wash this afternoon. But need to get brakes on the 94.....never have i had more of a problem with rusty brake lines than on 80 series....Friday made the 6th time I drove one home with a popped hard line.
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Emma my younger daughter (about to turn 8) decided she wanted to go fishing and catch her first fish this summer. Made that happen this weekend. Tried Saturday on way back from horse riding lessons, had wrong bait and too big of hooks for the little bluegills in the local pond. Sunday came back with 3 worms from the garden and got 3 fish. She was a happy girl. Now she wants to surf fish in cape may when we go in 3 weeks, and her older sister wants to go too.
brian
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