I work to .003 thou plus or minus on everything but engine work. Rough carpentry included....And that's what we targeted.
So this kid was a prisoner, basically, indoctrinated into my warped mind of how I do things and my philosophy on life within the confines of this shop time.
All told, she held that tolerance under my guidance. Too early to tell if the philosophy stuck....
Here is a dump since last post for the 3 of you paying attention.
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| Bungs spun out and gettin glued on |
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| Little brace and viola....a drop peg is born |
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| Lessons in bearing and seal replacement |
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| Leverage, alignment and patience |
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| Lessons in controlled assembly |
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| These some danged nice pieces of hardware here |
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| S&S Trees, Ohlins legs. A little here, a little there... |
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| Spoonin and cussin |
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| I reanodized this wheel. It was a used item and had been hammered from cushions, it cleaned up nicely |
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| A midships fuel cell |
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| Routing and revising the installation |
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| Reuse of the factory filter and hoses, slightly modified |
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| Pinch clamps, pinche. |
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| I made this turnbuckle tool for swingarms years ago. Makes swing checks totally fun. |
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| Wet tests, no drippy drippy |
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| Relocation of the solenoid clips |
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| Lessons in offset holes and make-a-filler |
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| Spotting, drilling, and tapping lessons |
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| Transferring positions |
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| Using every available inch and getting CG as low as possible |
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| Flat pattern layout and holecutters! |
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| Arts and crafts always in season |
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| Tricking the switches |
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| Nothing is lighter than a hole, ignore the offsets |
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| Zaria is a naturally talented TIG welder. I look forward to seeing if she pursues this skill. |
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| Battery tray |
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| Zaria and her Grandpa Rodger. (My Father-In-law) |
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| Tray commitment |
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| Clearance, clarence! |
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| Glad this is protected by a mudguard |
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| Lots of put it on, measure, take it out, fabricate, put it back, check.... |
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| Tailsection going together for the last time |
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| Structural epoxy has its place |
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| Pile of relays just dangling aint too cool |
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| Wheely and Zar |
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| Wheely in deep with Zar's mom, Melissa |
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| Finally, wiring lessons |
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| And termination lessons |
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| And throttle installation lessons |
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| Bench test, ready for fire-up |
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| Popped right off, minor idle adjustments needed |
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| Utilizing every opportunity, here Zar plots a bolt circle we need to place in a brake rotor adapter. In my car, while driving. |
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| My "easy" way to add slot length to the SA |
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| Demonstrations of math learned and methods to implement. |
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| Holecutters are magic |
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| Slow and steady. With Boelube. |
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| Pilots matter |
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| Finished by hand |
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| Here Zar is moving the table to the desired offset for the bolt circle |
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| Lessons in reading the Vernier on my rotary table |
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| Spot, clearance drill, chamfer, tap, vacuum, move to the next. In that order. |
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| Repeat. |
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| Nailed it. (BTW, we measured the Rotor TIR at .004", well within my self-imposed tolerance of +/- .003") |
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| Quick change Lowery. Oooh, daaang! |
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| Now, theres all this to line up |
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| Plotting and verifying |
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| Introduction to snap gages |
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| Zar getting the feel |
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| Starting to look like a weapon |
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| Milling down the axle blocks for a better fit |
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| Chain work and gearing lessons |
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| Silver sharpies are awesome for notes |
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| Rear rugwork |
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| Couple custom spacers and we have rear wheelage |
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| Swingarmy |
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| Eyeing it up |
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| Clipping along |
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| Make a transfer point |
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| Hot glue (see Arts and Crafts) |
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| Then, just unthread it to act as a jackbolt and transfer the center to the tailsection |
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| Boop. |
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| Hieroglyphs |
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| Prepare the gashole! |
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| Edgy for that finished look |
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| Breaver |
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| Zar kinda skwooshed, but stoked. |
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| Breavin' |
