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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #200 on: March 02, 2012, 04:12:28 PM »
I have had a little experience with that type of thing at work. All I can say is that you did an outstanding job with the bends. The things I have worked with have not been for show so I did not have to take such care but I know enough to realize how good of job you have done. Definitely quality work there. Waiting for the video of you riding that thing.
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #201 on: March 02, 2012, 04:17:36 PM »
Awesome!!!!

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #202 on: March 02, 2012, 07:43:44 PM »
Fabulous stuff Wes  :thumbup: :clap:  :bow:
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #203 on: March 02, 2012, 07:47:08 PM »
How cool are they!?  :clap: 

Definitely getting through the jobs  :dremel:


Very nice work Wes  :headbang:







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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #204 on: March 02, 2012, 11:07:17 PM »
I'm really wanting to get this done so I've been plugging away at it. I've been trying to do something on it every day. I still have a lot  to get done.

Here is a video to keep me motivated.


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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #205 on: March 03, 2012, 02:20:21 AM »
Cracking job with the bars Wesley  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:


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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #206 on: March 03, 2012, 03:35:22 AM »
I love this thread :)

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #207 on: March 03, 2012, 05:23:31 AM »
Legs over the handle bars.... REALLY!!!!!  :jaw:  That bloke's a nutta!!  :loco: 

Seriously, how fast was that moving?!


Wes,

on inspection of that film I'm thinking it's a good job you can make spares! That all looks a little tricky!

Possibly a good idea to wear a full American football (or just football to you guys) outfit for the training too? Long way down!  :bugeye:




So very looking forward to the training vid's you're going to have to make  :poke:   :)






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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #208 on: March 03, 2012, 09:19:53 AM »
You put your legs over the bars so your legs don't get caught/tangled up in the spokes/pedals. Its safer that way than trying to use the brakes and doing a header. Don't worry though. No hills around here that I'll be going down.

You can read the description at the bottom of this video. This is Joff Summerfield. He rode this bike around the world :headbang: There are a few more videos of him if you look around. He lives in London.


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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #209 on: March 04, 2012, 09:19:39 AM »
Wes,

Enjoy all of your shows.  :thumbup:

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #210 on: March 04, 2012, 09:23:31 AM »

 :bang: Does seem a long way to fall  :bang: So I can't see me riding one  :lol:
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #211 on: March 04, 2012, 09:42:48 AM »
I'm headed out to the shop. I think I'm going to monkey around with the flat steering head pieces. I think they need a little lathe work. I never finished that part of the drawing but I think I can wing it.

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #212 on: March 04, 2012, 10:23:53 AM »
HI and wot a good job you are dowing the only thing is i wont a go on it  :) :)
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #213 on: March 04, 2012, 10:34:13 AM »
Quote from: DaveH on March 04, 2012, 09:23:31 AM
Does seem a long way to fall   So I can't see me riding one 

I thought the same thing. 
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #214 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?

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #215 on: March 05, 2012, 08:37:19 AM »
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~

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 -

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s95/freewheeler1968/Dyno%20Glide/apes003.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

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

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #216 on: March 05, 2012, 02:10:10 PM »
Quote from: MadNick on March 05, 2012, 08:37:19 AM
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Also have another frame and front wheel, in the same style, havent decided what to do with it yet though.

Nick

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...
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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #217 on: March 10, 2012, 06:53:22 PM »
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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing092.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

Here are the final results.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing093.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing094.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

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

Later,

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #218 on: March 11, 2012, 07:57:02 PM »
I'm still poking away at this :poke:

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing095.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

The handlebar lug got a flat also.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing096.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

The pieces go together like a puzzle:o)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing097.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing098.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

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

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #219 on: March 30, 2012, 10:33:46 PM »
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)

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #220 on: March 31, 2012, 12:55:03 PM »
Yesterday I worked on my drawings a little. Some of the pieces started in my head and I drew them up a little later on the computer, to figure out angles and hole locations. It's an odd way to go about it but its the way my brain works:o)

Earlier I had started on the rear fork crown. It needed the fork angles milled into it and some short pilots to locate the fork tubes while it's being brazed together. The angle ended up being 8% so I set my angle head with a level in it at 8% and clamped it in my milling machines vise.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing099.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I like pictures with chips in them:o) It seems like a lot of guys go to a lot of trouble to clean up everything before the picture is taken? This is machining and it is messy sometimes. At work running the bigger stuff chips go everywhere. Here are the holes to locate the fork tubes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing100.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I then set the angle finder to 16% and leveled up the side I just milled. Flattened everything and poked a couple more holes in the end and this piece is done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing101.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

It might need a locator milled into the top so I can weld the frame stem in straight and centered?

Next, Fork ends\o/

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #221 on: April 01, 2012, 12:06:20 AM »
Chips in the pictures are a good thing...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #222 on: April 01, 2012, 03:27:54 AM »
Swarf is good.......  :thumbup:

This whole project is awesome!  :bugeye:

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #223 on: April 01, 2012, 07:29:05 PM »
I found a piece of metal to make the fork ends out of. It was a scrap left over from the head pieces. I sawed out what I needed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing102.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I then started squaring up my block.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing103.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

Once the rough side was cleaned up I flipped it and milled it to length. This piece had a factory edge and it had too big of a radius for what I needed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing104.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I then milled the ends square and cut it in half.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing105.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

While the piece's were still big I decided to drill the holes I needed. This is the axle hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing106.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I then had to set the part up in an angle vise to mill the holes that the fork tubes fit into.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing107.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

Here is where I'm at. I still need to whittle a bit more metal off the fork ends.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing108.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing109.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Penny%20Farthing/PennyFarthing110.jpgPenny Farthing Bicycle

I'm pretty excited how these forks are looking. This whole project is a lot of fun for me to work on and think about. I've posted over a hundred pictures now and probably taken 400. Maybe I'll finish this thing after all:o)

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A Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

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Re: Penny Farthing Bicycle
« Reply #224 on: April 01, 2012, 11:58:15 PM »
It looks very cool.

You better finish!

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