Post a pic of something you made!

ncologerojr

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DTT members come up with a lot of cool stuff, but it’s easy to miss combing through all the build threads.

Post a pic of something you’ve made that you’re proud of, or just like. Doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or seasoned fabricator. Inspire someone else.
 
I've got a few things I'll toss up.
1st is velocity stacks that mount actual air filters.
2nd is hydraulic clutch slave for an xs650
3rd is hub/rotor adapter to use a cb550 hub and ducati rotor with a zx6 big piston fork front end
And last is a tube bender using prints from this site http://chopperhandbook.com/bender.htm

I did use a waterjet for part of the tube bender, and a cnc lathe for the velocity stacks. But the others were done on an old atlas lathe and a manual mill.
 

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I like this a lot, but for the sake of thread redundancy, SONIC. started a thread with much the same criteria a while back.

http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=57318.msg648839#msg648839
 
I don't mind another thread, especially since the traffic can only do the site good. I didn't build any of this stuff this week. This week, I am fighting off a hurricane turned tropical storm.

A couple of tail lights...

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A hand-stitched seat...

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fair enough, ill join too then. These are all over the past couple years. My projects seem to be a litte heavy built due to my profession as a heavy structural fabricator and welder lol

Decided to build up a wheel truing stand out of extra material I had laying around. I had to buy a chunk of all thread, but still the cost was less than the harbor freight unit. She is pretty rigid lol.
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Built this table my old southbend lathe, belt sander and drill press. Built from scrap steel laying around and a butcher block maple bench top saved from the dumpster. A little sanding and urethane and it turned out pretty nice.
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I also built up a quick and jakey hammock stand that fits in the reciever hitch on the silver-ay-do.
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J-Rod10 said:
That benchtop lathe is sweet.
Thanks man, I was happy to be able to buy it. After a cleanup and rebuilt, if you do everything right, it'll still hold a half thou over a 4" long cut on the o.d.

I can't complain a lick about that

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Hurco550 said:
Thanks man, I was happy to be able to buy it. After a cleanup and rebuilt, if you do everything right, it'll still hold a half thou over a 4" long cut on the o.d.

I can't complain a lick about that

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I’ve got the same lathe, love it.
 
irk miller said:
I don't mind another thread, especially since the traffic can only do the site good. I didn't build any of this stuff this week. This week, I am fighting off a hurricane turned tropical storm.

A couple of tail lights...

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A hand-stitched seat...

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Yeah, I thought it would be cool to start it up again without any timeline. I think it allows people to dig up older pics to showcase things they’re proud of.

Nice work!
 
Hurco550 said:
fair enough, ill join too then. These are all over the past couple years. My projects seem to be a litte heavy built due to my profession as a heavy structural fabricator and welder lol

Nice projects. Nothing wrong with heavy in those areas!
 
Rat_ranger said:
I've got a few things I'll toss up.
1st is velocity stacks that mount actual air filters.
2nd is hydraulic clutch slave for an xs650
3rd is hub/rotor adapter to use a cb550 hub and ducati rotor with a zx6 big piston fork front end
And last is a tube bender using prints from this site http://chopperhandbook.com/bender.htm

I did use a waterjet for part of the tube bender, and a cnc lathe for the velocity stacks. But the others were done on an old atlas lathe and a manual mill.

Nice work. I love spending time on my south bend and manual Bridgeport, but I would put a water jet and cnc to use if I could!
 
Thanks, I just took advantage of working at a company that built water jets, then when I changed jobs I ended up programming and running a pair of live tool lathes. Now I have a better job, but can't run anything under the table. Now I'm limited to an Induma mill, and the old atlas 10". But after seeing the work bench posted earlier I need to quit waiting and build a better one.
 
Not really "made," but I've been tinkering in solidworks after work for the last few days knocking up a hossack front end concept. Haven't done any proper linkage calcs so don't read too far into the kinematics. Also, I know belt driven steering is a bit on the sketchy side...

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I'm planning on doing an actual hossack build probably next year, but it'll be all tubular steel. This is just a bit of fun.
 
No fancy metal work or anything going on here, but I made my own damping rod holder out of 1" PVC. I heat the end with a hot air gun until pliable, forced it over the end of the cartridge until it set and then ran it under cold water to harden it. Then I drilled a hole through at the other end to stick a screwdriver through to help hold it in place while you loosen/tighten the bottom bolt. Works great. This was made for a set of 43mm standard forks.

I got the idea from another forum I'm on.
 

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I just got my shovelhead split tanks repainted so I need a new tank bib. I went to Tandy leather, they give a great discount to military, vets, and first responders. I got a few leather punch tools, needles and things. I got some new leather and lacing and did this over a weekend. They even had some cool pins that were perfect for what I wanted.
 

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