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Terry's playground




Oh so jealous of TCP's new shop. It makes me want to move to Wenatchee.

WA 2010






Thanks to Gorms, Toecutter, and Johan. It's always a blast running around the state of WA with my East crew.

Six Pack: Narrowing a Gas Tank with Special 79

Jay Roche from Special79 is no stranger around these parts. His fab skills are legendary among garage builders around the globe. In an era where mentors are hard to come by and metal-working isn't as common as it used to be, it's a bonus that Jay takes the time to make some tidy, short and sweet how-to videos for the aspiring home builder.

Spinning, once again



Spent some time making a set of 2" riser extensions. There really is no way to make these things quickly by hand, which means they can't be made to be profitable. Maybe I'm just really slow on the lathe.

rear leg work



The bends are in place, just need to do some finish welding. Wish I had the motor with me so I could line things up and mount the rear fender. Now I have to ask Darren what kind of tank he's thinking about.

slugs



Here's some video of the slugs I turned down for the rear transition under the stock forged motor mount to bottom frame rail area. Nothing groundbreaking, but this will have to do while I'm working on the final touches of the rear bends.

Ironhead hardtail part 2



Here's some clips I took a little while ago. This frame has been a learning process as it is the first ironhead I've made a hardtail for. It's tough to make the lower frame rails transition into the new rear section cleanly, but I think I figured it out. I'll have the finishing touches done by the end of the weekend.

Tube coping with paper templates



My drill press mounted coper/fishmouth fixture thingamajiggy can't cope a smaller angle than 45 degrees. There are a couple free online programs that will determine the cope profile you need with just punching in the tubing sizes, wall thickness, and cope angle. Calculate the profile, print it, wrap it, and notch. Tube notcher+ works great, just convert your inch measurements to mm.

Daniel's whip


Daniel just sent me a photo of his sporty after having his tins painted. I really dig getting photos of completed projects, I'm glad to have been able to help with the tank and bars.

Jack's new shovel




Jack sent me some pics of his new build with the tank I built for him on it. Fine job Jack, I'm jealous you can ride this time of year.
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