black85vette
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First thing I'll say is that I rarely follow plans exactly. So it is with this project. I will substitute stock I have on hand that will do rather than buy more. Part of this is because I usually order enough for 4 or 5 projects and just pay for one shipping cost. Therefore I have a bunch of good useful sizes available.
Got my start yesterday. Printed out all the plans so I can have them on the bench. Got out all the stock that looked promising and here is my starting point:
Have a nice piece of round 3" aluminum which means the flywheels will be 3". Have some 1/4" aluminum and 1/2" aluminum but no big pieces so the frame will be 3 parts instead of milled from a single piece. The other reason for using 3 pieces is that I don't have a real mill. Just a milling attachment for the lathe. I try to keep milling to a minimum.
One piece you will see in the picture is an aluminum tube that is 1.5" OD and 1" ID. It was left over from a project I did for my department at work. Thinking I could save a good bit of time on the lathe, I am using it pretty much as is. I will just bore the cylinder to make it round and smooth.
I did a rough cut of the frame and cylinder and did a mock up and the proportions look OK.
Got my start yesterday. Printed out all the plans so I can have them on the bench. Got out all the stock that looked promising and here is my starting point:
Have a nice piece of round 3" aluminum which means the flywheels will be 3". Have some 1/4" aluminum and 1/2" aluminum but no big pieces so the frame will be 3 parts instead of milled from a single piece. The other reason for using 3 pieces is that I don't have a real mill. Just a milling attachment for the lathe. I try to keep milling to a minimum.
One piece you will see in the picture is an aluminum tube that is 1.5" OD and 1" ID. It was left over from a project I did for my department at work. Thinking I could save a good bit of time on the lathe, I am using it pretty much as is. I will just bore the cylinder to make it round and smooth.
I did a rough cut of the frame and cylinder and did a mock up and the proportions look OK.