[Tricky Mike]

So, I got a good deal on a Scotts Steering damper (Thanks Tony).

Didn't come with any of the mounting "stuff" so I decided to fab some up...

Here's the patient:




The triples have adjustable bars and you need to keep the damper centered on the steering tube. I didn't want to lose the adjustability of the bars by locking the damper into one position, so I made a part out of some 7075 that would allow the damper to slide back and forth depending on bar position (you can just barely see the grooves that allow it to slide in the pic. There are a pair of nuts (deeeeeeeez nuuuuts) on the underside that slide with the bolts when the damper needs to move. I love working with 7075. Great stuff. This is some "Fortal" I scored on fleabay for cheap. I wish I had bought more:




I didn't want to weld anything to my frame unless I had to... I also didn't have a big chunk of steel I could have bored a 2.5" hole in, so I machined a clamp out of 6061 to go around the head tube and kept the tolerance for the hole really tight... when you torque the bolts down it's pretty solid. I sat on it and jammed the bars back and forth with everything I had and couldn't get it to loosen up. I think it'll be good to go:



Behind the number plate:

[stevecbr900rr]

Nice work...It looks like it came with the Damper

[Evil_Weasel]

nice, almost looks factory.

[union]

Looks awesome Mike. You still need to show me how to use those machines

[akira700]

Trick, you have some skills!

Nice looking job.

[Manny]

You make me so proud.....

[wingerdor]

I'm with Akira...Wow, youz gots some skillz!

[BLACK SQUIRREL 441]

Tricky Mike is almost evil when it comes to this shit.

[daviid]

looks pretty sweet. almost makes me want to say your the son i never had

[akira700]

Mike,
What kind of machines do you need to make that?
Can you take a picture of it?
I need to get me one of those!

[union]

Originally Posted by akira700

Mike,
What kind of machines do you need to make that?
Can you take a picture of it?
I need to get me one of those!

He has a Bridgeport. We have one at the shop as well. Unless you have some cash to burn and some empty space to put it I dont think youll be buying one

Something like this

Bridgeport

Used ones start around 3000 for one in very poor shape.

[Tricky Mike]

Thanks guys.
James, whenever you want to swing by, man... I'll make sure you leave with all of my bad habits


Yeah, I've been building this shop for about 3 years now.
I used a Mill, Lathe and TIG welder...
If you shop around you can do a lot better than $3K for a mill. It's all about right place, right time. (ask Kates about that big lathe he has )
I found mine at a shop that had gone out of business and they needed to get rid of their machines FAST (lease was up in a few days). I got the mill, the Wilton mill vise, a Heidenhain DRO, Powerfeed on the X axis, a big J-Bar, a small import bandsaw, a parts cleaner, and a TON of aluminum stock for $2500.
The Mill is in decent shape... some marks in the table, but nothing big. Spindle is tight and runout was in the .000 range. It's a 1984 year which is pretty new for a used mill. Much of the stuff I was looking at was built around 1960. I had hoped to find something nicer, but this deal was too good to pass up. I could conceivably use the mill for 5 years and sell it for what I paid for the whole lot of stuff.
I added a VFD to get the three-phase power I needed and got variable speed in the process.



This is what the place looked like when I bought the house (that was kind of a "going out of business" sale as well

[Wishbone]

Your fabricating work makes my pants tight.

Hell I got a cordless drill/sawzall, an old door on some tires, a BFH, and a shitty craftsman buzz box that feeds wire speratic at best, with an assortment of steel stock. And that's what makes my halfass fab shop

[ceo012384]

Wow mike that mount came out great! Very nice work

Originally Posted by trickphoto

I got the mill, the Wilton mill vise, a Heidenhain DRO, Powerfeed on the X axis, a big J-Bar, a small import bandsaw, a parts cleaner, and a TON of aluminum stock for $2500.

Fuckin' Christ!!!! That's an amazing deal.

[Kham]

just like the pro

[R7]

Looks awesome Mike!!
Just to make sure you stay good at making this stuff, you should make another one and let me test it out on my bike?