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Steve_mackay


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Now, being as it's not appropriate weather here in Wisconsin to ride. What's a mold designer/machinist to do in his spare time? Well, machine custom parts for his Buell of course!!! I've always wanted a custom rear pulley for my S3T, but didn't want to pay the $250+ for a pulley. Yeah, I'm cheap. So I picked up a pulley & front rotor for $50 recently from a gentleman parting out an M2 here on Badweb.

Here's before:



During...



And after machining. I hit it with the bead blaster to get rid of tool marks to make it easier to polish up.

Should polish up nicely, and be a better match with the polished PM wheels. Not bad for about 90 minutes worth of work if I do say so myself! : )
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Smitty808


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
SWEET!!!
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Bartimus


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
nice job !
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Brad_buell


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Very Nice!
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Awprior


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 01:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Steve,
What type of mill do you have?
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 01:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The one in that picture is an old Haas VF1. I think it's about 8 years old. Beaten to death, machining P20, H13, S7 and D2 tool steel. But still accurate within' about a .001. Good enough for "government" work
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 04:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 08:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I'll post a pic once it's all polished up.

Koz, you said you wanted Bling? I can help ya with bling! Bring me by your pulley, and you to can have rear end bling on the cheap! : )
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M2guy


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
COOL!
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Cataract2
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
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Wingnut
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Steve nice job! cant wait to get my hass mini mill for the garage
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Leftcoastal


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Great Job, Steve! That piece is going to look awesome on your bike. Are you planning to do something with the front one too?
My RS is chain drive, but that 'before' shot looks remarkably similar to the pulley on my Road King. Hmmm. AL
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 03:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Wingnut. A you seriously getting a mini-mill for your garage? I'm lucky, I've got keys to the shop, which is only 4 miles away : )

LeftCoastal, haven't thought much about the front yet...
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 04:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Would you like some graphic work done. Maybe some nice Buell logo's blasted into your pulley? We may have to talk. I just hooked up with a guy that is trading me his stock rims for my PM rims so I will have my bike apart anyway.
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 05:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
You want stock rims instead of PMs? Whaddya nutz? : )
Anyway, yeah, we can work out a "labor trade" deal : )
You've got my email.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 06:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I forgot to mention, the stock rims I am getting are polished...

The only reason I had PM rims on the bike was because that was the way it came from the dealer. I prefer the look of the stock rims.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 06:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Maybe you would like a one-off personalized Derby cover??? I can make it happen! I could even make it with the Brew City logo...
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yeah, that sounds like a good trade to me. I've got an updated BrewCity Brag logo. I'll email it to you tonight.

I've even got a new chrome derby cover just waiting : )

You'll have to do the polishing yourself on the pulley though : )
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yeah yeah.. make more polishing work for me...

I will just put it in the stack with my triple trees, fork lowers, rear swingarm, brake and shifter.... It's going to be a fun few months...

Maybe I will have to find me some college kid looking to make a few bucks?
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
It's all in the tools there Koz.

I feel your pain though.

I want to do the same to my fork lowers, caliper, rotor carrier, triple trees, etc... Then find a way to clear coat it, so it stays that way : )
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I talked to my paint rep and he said that just leaving it alone was the best way to go. After all, if you chip the clear coat you would have to restrip the entire piece and then repolish. TO MUCH WORK! If you send me that logo, change it to strickly black and white (no shades). I will have to make a vinyl mask so careful with the amount of small detail.Thin lines are ok, small letters are bad!
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's easy. Since I converted your logo to arc+lines from the original polylines that Illustrator outputs. I suck at illustrator, so I converted all the entities to a DXF, re-imported it in to VX(my cad/cam program), and made a parametric/associative sketch. So what kind of file format ya want me to send you?
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 08:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Any format that Illistrator can read is good. (I have 8.0) I actually move it to another program from there (can't remember the format off the top of my head). Illistrator is a pain to work with at times. I prefer SignLab myself.
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 09:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
application/x-bravaacx
Sheet001_180105_072854.dwg (28.9 k)

application/pdf
brewcitybrag.pdf (27.3 k)



One of the curves didn't end up working perfect on the export to DWG. I *think* you can open EPS based PDFs in Illustrator...

The logo isn't THAT MUCH different than yours. Just the Brag logo itself is a tad larger.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I am at work so I can't play with it, but I would try filling in some of the items solid like the BREW CITY and some other stuff. If I get a chance tomorrow night I will show you what I mean.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Actually back when Dennis (aka Lake Bueller) was president I made him a beer mug with the logo and his name on it. It looked very cool.
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Lake_bueller


Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 01:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Still have it somewhere. I should put it in the Buell shrine (aka my office): D
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 03:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Steve, I just picked up a bunch of chrome derby covers. Is that what you wanted the logo on?
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yup. I've got a new/take off sportster one sitting at home waiting : ) If ya wanna just trade, we can do that. I'd do the same thing with the pulley, but unfortunately, I don't have a spare pulley.
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 10:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Also, if'n you want a different design just sketch something up, and I can make it.


P.S. Blake, I am not doing this for any financial gain whatsoever, just like the frame sliders : )
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 10:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
We will have to keep in touch. I am just swamped with work right now. At least we live in the same town so we can get something done! I just haven't had the time to rip my bike apart yet, I keep saying next week... next week.... UGH!
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 09:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I know the feeling. Been working far too many 60+ hour weeks recently. Just gimme an email whenever you're ready. I'm in no hurry either.
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