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MadNick:

--- Quote from: Powder Keg on March 04, 2012, 09:55:00 PM ---Well I went out to my shop today and started. But the weather was sooooo nice I couldn't stand to be in the shop. I've been riding my mt.bike to work and back every day. Trying to get in shape to ride the Penny\o/ I have an old cruiser bike that I've been wanting to make into a weird street cruiser muscle bike thing like they had in the 70's. It mainly needed cleaned up and painted and serviced. A friend is building the wheels for it for me. It will have a Sturmy Archer 2 speed kickback rear hub. Today I stripped the paint off it. I'll order crank bearings and a new chain this week and it should be back on the road as soon as my wheels are done. I'll maybe post a quick picture then?

~Wes~

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I like cruisers and am looking forward to seeing a photo of yours.

Ive got a Dyno Glide with 17" apehanger handlebars - I milled out an old BMX stem to take the larger 1" bar. Wherever I go it always gets looks. Hot off the press -

Also have another frame and front wheel, in the same style, havent decided what to do with it yet though.

Nick

Brass_Machine:

--- Quote from: MadNick on March 05, 2012, 08:37:19 AM ---...

Also have another frame and front wheel, in the same style, havent decided what to do with it yet though.

Nick

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Start a build thread and throw a small engine (or electric if that does it for you) in it. :ddb: :ddb:

That would be very cool...

Powder Keg:
More progress :headbang:

Trying to make the steering head more interesting too look at. I made a mandrel and thinned the plates I'm using for the steering head. I just thinned the sides though. The middle is still the original thickness.

Here are the final results.

Getting closer\o/ I'm running out of parts to work on:o)

Later,

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
I'm still poking away at this :poke:

Today I milled some locators on the steering head pieces that will later be welded together.

The handlebar lug got a flat also.

The pieces go together like a puzzle:o)

I'll be able to weld the pieces together now and keep them straight\o/

I'll try and get that done in the next couple days:o)

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
I spent some of today finalizing the drawings for the forks. Both front and rear. I'll try and machine the fork ends tomorrow. I'm slowly running out of parts to make for this:o)

~Wes~

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