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!
The "deathcat lair" as guy called it is slowly coming on. When I get to steal a bit of time ice been chipping away at getting it usable and working on the 45. Need the engine back from baz so I can get on with mounts for the controls etc...
The lads popped round on Thursday night for a catch up. Tombo ( www.holmevalleycustoms.com ) bought a wicked present over for me. Thanks dude!
I've probably mentioned before, but Tombo is selling some ace fabrication parts, weld on tabs and threaded bungs. Great prices, and in my eyes, not worth making yourself... Check out his website...
So far I've mounted the rear fender at the bottom with a tab and bung, and used a 6mm tab on the headlight mount!
Sneaked a bit of time up the barn today. Got the lights wired in, the nights are drawing in now- gonna be needing them.
Got cracking on version 2 of the headlight mount.
