Bobber fast back seat

Here's some pics showing the fast back after a few hours trimming, tweaking and putting the radius edge.

Pretty stoked with the out come, next task is cutting out the seat section.

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The fast back seat

Finally started to get serious with the Fast back, months of pondering and visualising can be unleashed using the English Wheel, mallets and tin snips, oh, I forgot to mention masking tape and card board! If your thinking of doing something similar and your a newbie like me, take your time in creating a accurate template and studying where stretching and shrinking needs to happen.

Iam not too sure what order the pics will load but you will see, masking tape template which is transferred to card board then cut out, the template sliced to allow it to go from 3 dimensional to 2D so it lays flat on Aluminium and traced around.

Lots of wheeling and fitting to get the overall shape which Iam fairly happy with, still plenty to do and will post pics once I cut out the seat pan and radius the edge.

  

Chops Shop

If your looking for some Tastee cheese scone karma, get on down to Chops Shop, 55 Lumley St, Mt Gravatt and support Australian culture artists.

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.