Chops co-op & Tastee Wall Art

Brisbane people! if kustom cultures your thing then get on over to the Chop Shops grand opening this Sunday the 28th.

Mix and mingle with like minded folk, enjoy the sausage sizzle and lose yourself inside the shop where you'll find kustom culture and retro art from a handful of select local artists, clothing, Accessories, 

hair and make-up, pin up photoshoots, Lowbrow and Mooneyes cycle and rod parts. DVD and hard to find culture mags.

I could carry on but Iam starting to drool over my keyboard! Come and see it for yourself people and get involved

Bobber latest pics

Iam liking where this is going.....

Bobber brake and trans complete

Made some good progress the last couple of days with completing the assembly and fitting of the braking system plus mounting the gear box.
Even though they were relatively easy tasks this doesn't mean it happened quickly, lots of filling / grinding / assembly / disassembly.
Happy with the out come, everything fits and operates real smooth.

Bobber progress

Managed to get some grinding and fitting done on the frame today, turned up some bushes for the brake cross over tube and assembled the braking system from foot lever through to the drum.

Breakin down the Bobber

The time has come in the project to do some tweaking to the frame for correct fitting of a bunch of parts just arrived.
Rear brake cross over tube needs reaming and bushed along with brake plate assembly and fitting etc.

Check out my ring

Mind out of the gutter people! Here's a first attempt at making a ring, never used a boring bar on the lathe before so today I gave it a crack.
Used aluminium and brass, bored out internal diameter, put a shoulder on the two pieces with a close tolerance press fit.
Quiet stoked with the out come and look forward to making more, perhaps reducing the outside diameter slightly.

Bobber rear struts lathe practice

Heres some pics showing the fast back struts made out of Copper, Brass and Stainless.
The reason I used the different metals was for lathe practice as turning is a new thing
for me, very interesting how the various metals cut, Brass is sweet due to self lubricating,
no heat and cuts a dream, Copper is nice to but generates and retains a lot of heat and
Stainless is fine with small cuts and plenty of cooling fluid.
Real enjoyable and satisfying making your own shit even though these struts wont be used
on the finished build, its all about learning a new skill at this stage.
Having said that, ive always admired English vintage bikes and the lighter gauge mounting
design they use, similar to the 1/4" stainless rod shown here.