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a.craw4d

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  1. Made this a while back. All old school, traced a badge, marked out a grid and transfered it to the ali, then carefully drilled all the holes.
  2. If you could get it to dunedin I'd happily sort it for you.
  3. Yeah mate I've done a lot of heavy stuff in the past. I stick weld the big stuff so I know it's done properly. Don't have a current 4711 or whatever the equivalent is now but pride myself on laying down a good stick run. Where abouts are you?
  4. That would be ideal. Good think with projects is there's no real time pressure Mainly looking for something local I can bring home and work on.
  5. Old school meet at your place so we can play on all your sweet toys?
  6. Anyone in Dunedin want a hand with their projects? I posted this in spam yesterday and got some interest so thought I'd chuck it here. I want to get some more experience doing custom type fab work, ie mini trucks, hot rods or whatever. Sure I could buy something and work on that but thought why not help out a fellow os'er. I'm a fitter turner by trade, currently a stay home Dad doing odd welding and fabrication jobs that pop up. Spread the word, pm me or fire away with any questions. Cheers people
  7. Also this anvil stand, the black smiths leg vice locks into the anvil holes but is easily removable. Stand's mainly made from fencing standards, disc's blade, bits of harrows and an old mower blade. Sorry I do have better pictures but not on my phone. Just realized this isn't a finished picture, a bit more bracing went in as the anvil was about 90-100kg. Got good muscles building this
  8. I've got a customer that collects interesting pieces of old farm machinery etc then gives them to me to make something out of. The simple things are sometimes the best. A mock up of a tractor seat and stand And bolted in place and a light wet sand to bring out what's left of the ford blue paint.
  9. Cheers for that, that was the kind of deal I was after.
  10. As per title. I got a few sheets of plywood that I need to cut down the middle (longwise), and doing it by hand sucks balls. Text me 021895082. Can pay in manly hugs or happy to help out when you need a hand in return. Cheers. PS. A jigsaw would also be very useful if someone has one. Have to cut the ply to fit around house piles.
  11. Sweet trike. My parents have an even older version where the rims and tyres are one piece. Think about 4 inch rims with really big balloons moulded onto them. Rode it all the time when we were kids and noone died or even got hurt. It floated too so was fun in the creek Just googled and found out what it is. I must go save it now
  12. Video of you driving?
  13. If you've got one handy then try it but I'd run with the setup you have now. I haven't clocked mine yet but I'm guessing it might do 35-40 kph max. It's more important to talk it through with the kids so they know how to drive it and most importantly how to stop. My niece got let loose on a 125 quad with little instruction, she panicked at speed and continued straight into a fence. Luckly she was ok. Just a brused ego. Love your work, can't wait to see it in action.
  14. Nice power plant choice One thing I've found with these is they need full right foot to get moving. Once up to speed however they have a little power on hand. Good to start on flat hard ground then hit the rough stuff with full commitment.
  15. Cool bike. There's a good thread on fuel tank cleaning on here. I had great success with a shitty old cheap battery charger and baking soda on Briggs and Stratton fuel tank. It had sat empty for 30+ years.
  16. Still to get some action pics and video but took this up to the local school with the kids the other day. Bad news: The boy isn't too keen to try it yet. He's a cautious type but once he's ready I'll have trouble getting him off it. Good news: I had a blast hooning around the asphalt. Has fairly good traction even on the hard tires. Bum got a bit saw sitting on the bars (I don't fit comfortable with the seat in) and started getting a hot back due to the exhaust being almost against the back. So a heat shield and more hooning required I downloaded a GPS speedo app to clock this. It's no power house but can do a donut, skids and feels fast. Ticking all the boxes.
  17. Boring but important update. Extended the wires and mounted the kill switch on the handle bar. Quick test in the workshop and works fine, just hoping for a nice day over easter to take it for a good long spin.
  18. Not sure if a seat belt is a good idea or not on this, hadn't considered it until now. It has a half cage (lower half) to roughly keep you in place
  19. Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. OS seal of approval means a lot. Hope to get some footage of it in action this weekend. There's a school just up the road we'll go play at. This will be nowhere as fast as yours Bart, I'm guessing 30-35kmh? Enough for a laugh, more than enough for the kids (for now).
  20. In my head it's an awesome video with multiple camera angles including front and rear mounted go pros, tyres squeal over a 2 stroke soundtrack and a getaway through the carpark, round a corner and up ramps into the back of a van. Reality would be a horrendous crash in the isle of value damaging product, customers and myself. Kart impounded and me in court on multiple charges including grievous bodily harm. And the kids still waiting for their turn.
  21. Oh the fun of a high speed trip through pak n save without getting caught. Kids don't need to know that idea.
  22. The boy has asked if we can take it shopping
  23. Also fixed up the rubbing front wheel issue by chucking some blobs of weld on the steering bracket. I found when the wheel rubbed it actually locked up and aided spinning out. Was fun but not all the time.
  24. How it looks almost ready to rumble / ring-a-ding. That little red bit by the tank is the kill switch. Just need to extend the wires to mount it on the handle bar and fix the earth.
  25. While testing it with the dodgy hand throttle I broke the earth wire and was unable to turn it off. Turned off the fuel and let it run out. This was good though as it stopped my endless testing and I got back onto finishing it. As mentioned earlier the accelerator cable is quite short, it reaches to just beside the seat on the right hand side. Plan is to tie it off there with an old bike cable bracket, link it to a bar that runs down the side and hooks onto the accelerator pedal somehow. Was rather proud of my cable to bar link, drill a couple holes and two hacksaw cuts Probably can't see it very well in the pic. Also hand a blow out on my jandles so had to put on the safety bare feet. Welded a couple of nuts to the basket for the bar to slide through and poked it through a hole on the pedal. Will see how this works, I do have my doubt's but we'll see.
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