Thread: Project "Left Overs" is back alive !

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Pat, I may be using the wrong term when I say "align bored". It may be that he just hones it to true everything up. The machine I saw had thick steel plates that grabbed the block (block was upside down in the machine) and it had a fixture going through the cam bearing holes, and another fixture going into the main caps. I only looked briefly and didn't know what I was looking at anyway.

Steve, that bandsaw has been one of the best investments we made, well actually that Dan made. He bought that some years ago and I couldn't even begin to guess how many cuts it has made and how troublefree it has been. It still has the original belt on it and we have only replaced the blade maybe 4 or 5 times in all those cuts. Every time we make a cut with it, especially some odd angle or shape, we say "How would we do this without this saw?" and in fact I just said that tonight as we were cutting some stuff.

As for the frame creation, I really have to give credit for those to Dan. I'm prejudiced, of course, but he is really smart when it comes to figuring out how to do something the right way. I had one vision for what I wanted this frame to be, and he took it to the next level, and he usually does that when he gets involved with one of my builds. He drives me nuts sometimes because he won't bend, but in the end he is usually right.

And now...........TA DA !!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a (mostly) finished frame to post pictures of. Dan and I worked on getting the front and rear crossmembers built and welded in place, and got the initial grinding done. I love the way it came out. It is perfectly square, very strong, and will give me a great platform to build the rpu on. Now I can start making a front perch and getting the front suspension figured out. Once that is done I can move on to the backside. The plan seems to be that I am going to use a four bar setup with coil overs. None of it will show, so a more modern rear suspension won't detract from the old timey look I want.

Here are some pictures from tonight. We are both tired and sore, but feeling pretty happy right now. This is the look I was after. I didn't want the usual round front crossmember, and once the perch is in place and the Moon tank mounted it will look much narrower. The frame is 25 1/2 inches wide in front and 34 1/2 wide in back.

Don

yep,,nice looking frame,Don..I,too,noticed that flash saw,and thought it would be a neat addition to any workshop,,and then thought,,,nah,dont need one,most of my work is in glass...

Thanks, Lamin8r. From time to time we use that saw to cut lumber too. Anytime we need to cut down a 2 x 4 or other piece of wood we toss it in there and it goes through it like butter.

Don