| Author | Message | ||
     Dsergison  |
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| Dsergison |
  in no particular order: I had this here 1/4" 6061 plate that I jig sawed to general profile. Took some planning to miss all the holes that were in it already. that plate sat in the basement for a year or so just like that. then tonight I blued it up, scribed the outline of my dash on it and proceeded to begin a "rotary table extravaganza" It really wasn't to bad. lot of fun | ||
| Odie  |
My kinda fun..looks good.....Odie | ||
| Road_thing  |
"rotary table extravaganza" Dan: Nice looking piece! It looks like you drilled index holes to mark the centers of the two big cutouts where the gauges go, then centered them individually on the rotary table and cut the holes with a mill. Am I close? rt (gotta get a rotary table...) | ||
| Hoser  |
Lookin good so far , I wish I had a four jaw chuck for my rotary table , what I do have is a 6" table ,then I made an adaptor plate to mount a 4" three jaw chuck . My dash was a little thicker .390" , a chunk that was layin around. Once it was blued and layout work done , I used a indexable boring head to bore the holes for the instruments and counter bore the step for the neoprene gasket / isolator thingies. After those two holes were there , the rotary table was used to shape the outer profile / radius of the gauge area , then the part was laid on some parallels for final shaping / contouring , done freehand. the indicator light holder / bezel slot was enlarged on the backside as was the hole for the odometer reset. It was fun , I'm not real comfortable cutting complex compound shapes freehand , it's so easy to slip up and ruin several hours of work , that ususally happens in the final two minutes of a multi hour project while trying to " tweak " some tiny detail into the job. | ||
| Dsergison |
Road-Thing well, no. that would have been better, but those holes were already in the plate, it was scrap. they have nothing to do with the centers of the gages although they look close. I just centered it up on the rotary table by eyeballing the tool to the scribed lines. having laid the old dash on the blued plate and scribed the profile I then put the scribe in a mag base (just as a pointer) and adjusted the part in the 4jaw untill it was true by eyeball.  I had even drawn the whole dash out in cad hoping to use the colleges cnc to cut it out. figuring the rotary table work would be too hard. It really wasn't any big deal after all. my favorite setup was this 6" rad on a 5" rad table.  Hoser. yeah, the Etch-A-Sketch action. !!! sure can go to hell in a hurry if you forget which way to turn that crank. And just the same there's no ERASE unless shake it up and start over. (Message edited by dsergison on December 11, 2004) | ||
| Deucelightning  |
Nice work! I work with CNC stuff on a daily basis, waterjet and turning center mainly. I love to see folks make stuff like this. I get spoiled with the CNC machines, but sure can appreciate the time and effort you put in to making that piece. Well done.  | ||
| Bomber  |
I need to find me a rotary table that's really thin -- can afford to loose the real eastate on my little knee mill -- think I'll set up an ebay agent! | ||
| Dsergison |
last one I swear :P It's mounted. rather plain. I has totallywetsanded it ans was planning for the mirror buff, when I remembered the glare i get off the fuell cap and didn't want to stare at a big silver mirror. so I bead blasted it and clearcoated it. I wish I had worked out putting a clock in it. it'll happen "someday".  | ||
| Odie |
Very sweet work, I'm even more jealous now. Someday I'll have some good machining tools. I need a bigger shop first. I'm maxxed out now.....Odie | ||
| Bomber |
Dsig -- consider engine turning the dash -- a little bling, stays looking decent for a long time without polishing, and no glare at all | ||
| Road_thing |
Dash really looks good, Dan! How about something in wrought iron??  rt | ||
| Dsergison |
how about a springer front end for the X1.... sorry, i'm going to go rip out some nose hair to punish myself for that thought. I'll practice the engine turning and maybe when I take the dash back off someday to add the clock I'll do it then. I thought of one thing that would have looked cool. to cut the edges all around to look like a chain sprocket. just a whole periphery of half circles. could have sand blast engraved some artwork too. and I whished I had anodized it but I don't have a very consistent setup for that at home. (Message edited by dsergison on December 14, 2004) | ||
| Lake_bueller  |
Dan...nice looking dash. Almost as nice as the one that Bomber made for me a few years back  I won't do the anodize. It has a tendency to fade over time. I had the dash on my S1W done in white powdercoat to match the from. But I also did the handlebars and clamp at the same time.  | ||
| Road_thing |
Bomber made that? Nice! I've heard a rumor that he occasionally turns our Buell parts for his friends... ...nothing concrete, you understand, just a rumor...  ...just raggin' on ya, Bomber... rt | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Actually, that's not the Bomber dash. The Bomber dash was an X1-style dash that was custom cut to hold 1998 gauges. I gave that to a fellow Bueller that was looking to make an S3/X1 custom. I did that before getting the S1W rolling chassis. | ||
| Bomber |
Thang OUCH! ya got me grrooooaaannnnnnn | ||
| Road_thing |
 Couldn't resist, brother... Merry Christmas! | ||
| Bomber |
it was a fair shot, Thang what's holdin you peice up is my tendancy to redesin on the fly -- the major reason I could nevver to this for a living -- hmmmm, lemme see, if I do THIS, it'll be cooler still, yes? and then, I could drill some lightening holes here, and shave off a few thou there, and pretty soon I've got a piece that could make a good miniature tie clasp (remember those?) | ||
| Road_thing |
Bomber, that reminds me of how the intended 3/16" bore on one of my steam engines became a 1/2"-- "Let's see, one more pass with the reamer, just to put a mirror finish on it...OOOPS!!!" But seriously, no offense or "hurry-up" was intended, I just had to take a swing at that high, slow curve ball! rt | ||
| Bomber |
I'da been disappointed if ya hadn't, brother! |
