My EFE make over.

by **dixiethedog** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:02 pm

Its this big. lol.

Its about 7-8ft tall.

by **dixiethedog** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:03 pm

FBJ admin wrote:I love it when ya see shite body work turn in to a thing of beauty. How bigs ur mill mate? Youve got all the gear ah

Plenty shite in my sheds. :lol:

by **FBJ admin** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:16 pm

That must of cost an arm and leg. But if ya get good use out of it your laughing. I brought a lathe its cool when needed but never use it ;-( just bought a big compressor so i can have a blasting cabinet. That should get plenty of use ;-)

by **gixernick** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:27 pm

OOOHHHHH that's a big un :lol:

looks like you come from the same school of milling as me, chuck it on a and start cutting. must admit im getting better at doing drawings,

where did you get the ally from for the yokes, I need some 6082 T6 to make stepped top yoke for the GS so somewhere cheap would be nice

Nick

by **gixernick** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:31 pm

FBJ admin wrote:That must of cost an arm and leg. But if ya get good use out of it your laughing. I brought a lathe its cool when needed but never use it ;-( just bought a big compressor so i can have a blasting cabinet. That should get plenty of use

doesn't matter if you get any use out of it john, just walking in the workshop and looking and drooling over it. makes it worth every penny............or is it just me that has that problem :lol:

by **dixiethedog** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:40 am

When I bought the milling machine,it was a toss up between a second hand superbike that would do 180-190mph and had suzuki badges on it,or the milling machine. :roll:

It was expensive,but the most noticable costs added up with things like a 10 inch rotary table,cutters,new boring head etc etc etc once i actually had the machine delivered. I had a mill/drill before that,but in all honesty,it was rubbish.
Ive so made absolutely nothing from the machine in money terms,but have helped a lot of mates out with bits and pieces,which sometimes is just as satisfying,as long as they dont raid my metal supplies.
I used to often visit an autojumble near York (Rufforth),where sometimes a bloke from an engineering company would be selling offcuts,thats where id buy my alloy. One day,i more or less said how much for it all,and he said 500 quid. Cough,splutter I said,but I ended up with a car filled to the roof with big blocks of alloy. I didnt pay the amount he asked either!
My lathe as well,this is very handy to own. Ive never had any training,so it was in at the deep end,with for the 1st year me just making swarfe!

Alloy...

by **dixiethedog** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:44 am

Ive made a couple of quid from the lathe. :lol:

The popular jobs on that seem to be windowed clutch covers,wheel spacers,machining sprocket carriers down for new wheels into old bikes,fat car wheel conversions,USD fork extensions....and many other things. Even without making any money from one,they are worth there weight in gold,if your building a bike.
Dear Santa,Id like a bigger lathe please with a digi read out please...... :lol:

by **Captain Chaos** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:09 pm

dixiethedog wrote: Even without making any money from one,they are worth there weight in gold,if your building a bike.

damn right

by **dixiethedog** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:20 pm

One thing I do need is a new replacement bottle of gas for the heater!! Its bloody cold out there today. Its all stopped now,as I cant get out for a new bottle of gas until tomorrow. :roll:

Next week im going to knuckle down and get all my other bike jobs finished and out of my way,a load of paint and a set of FZ1 billety engine cases (windowed clutch cover etc),then Im going to get stuck into the efe.
My new years resolution is going to be,try and finish a project,before starting on another and another and another...... :lol:

Ive a mate building a nice oldskool zed,and he'll say to me,this weekend im concentrating on....,then next week i'll do... He then seems to get things done. Slowly sometimes,but he doesnt have a load of stuff in his workshop. Maybe a big tidy up is on the cards.

by **gixernick** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:16 pm

dixiethedog wrote:When I bought the milling machine,it was a toss up between a second hand superbike that would do 180-190mph and had suzuki badges on it,or the milling machine. It was expensive,but the most noticable costs added up with things like a 10 inch rotary table,cutters,new boring head etc etc etc once i actually had the machine delivered. I had a mill/drill before that,but in all honesty,it was rubbish.
Ive so made absolutely nothing from the machine in money terms,but have helped a lot of mates out with bits and pieces,which sometimes is just as satisfying,as long as they dont raid my metal supplies.
I used to often visit an autojumble near York (Rufforth),where sometimes a bloke from an engineering company would be selling offcuts,thats where id buy my alloy. One day,i more or less said how much for it all,and he said 500 quid. Cough,splutter I said,but I ended up with a car filled to the roof with big blocks of alloy. I didnt pay the amount he asked either!
My lathe as well,this is very handy to own. Ive never had any training,so it was in at the deep end,with for the 1st year me just making swarfe!

Alloy...

£25:00 ill take two please sir :lol: