Sunday 20 October 2013

Muddy struts!

Had an afternoon spare today, so went off to the lair for a potch. Decided on making the mudguard mounts; and to use some tyre levers I had on the bench. I see a lot of re-used parts and ornaments on builds, a lot of the time they don't seem to work. I figured that with enough cutting and bending I could get just what I wanted....

Straightened out the end with the heat torch, then put the right link in them to fit around the wheel....

Then I wanted the top narrower, so it was a case of slice, tighten in vice, slice some more and so on...

Stock and chopped above...

Then welding them up with the tig.

Then I turned up a bung for the end, and used the mig to make up the sides. Plenty of welding, filing and grinding ensued...

Still the top bung to make, oh and the other side... But coming along nicely!

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