Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread

[Yowzer]

Can you make me one? Mine fell over

[Valiant]

8 minutes ago, kseries.rookie said:

made a fence

Made a nice job of it too.

 

[Positive Ape]

whoa, how did you set out the posts?!

Is there a footpath you can reference off on the other side?

[a.craw4d]

Currently ripping out a pair of these. Motorbike for scale.

Measure in at 1900mm long, 300mm high.

Should only need a block or 2 to get the silv onto them.

[Valiant]

Random slightly cool things working together.

[Valiant]

Another project finished in the weekend.

 

 

[flyingbrick]

That turnbuckle is genius- though not sure if you planned it to be that way? you can vary how much the rear wheels want to go straight (shorter turnbuckle = they want to go straight rather than swivel)

[a.craw4d]

Hmmmm.

I have a set of unemployed shopping trolley wheels.

[Valiant]

22 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:

That turnbuckle is genius- though not sure if you planned it to be that way? you can vary how much the rear wheels want to go straight (shorter turnbuckle = they want to go straight rather than swivel)

That's exactly how I planned it, the kids keep asking me to "Adjust the drift Dad"

[MightyJoe]

I changed the HGs on my bros bike. I Kinda enjoyed it, and kinda stressed out about it because I've never touched anything with 2 wheels before but it runs sweet as now its really crisp and way more responsive than it ever was. I was pretty stoked with myself. 

[NickJ]

Really like working on bike motors, don't need lifting gear to get all the bits off!

[MightyJoe]

I was kinda freaked out I had to dismantle the top end to get the head off which is something I'm not used to but with the workshop manual it was all good. 46kg total weight is nice I'm not gonna lie. But the 3 point pivot thingy between swing arm, rear motor mounts and kick stand was awkward when befitting but turned out all good. 

[tortron]

In the past I have laid the bike and engine on ground and aligned them that way

[MightyJoe]

i hung the bike on ratchet straps from the rafters and then it was high enough to use my trolley jack  

[HighLUX]

Kids wanted to do better skids on their pedal kart so a quick hunt thru the offcuts and random stuff at work got me a short length of mains water pipe at almost a perfect id to go over the wheels. A bit of pre heating of the sleeves to soften then then worked them on with a hammer.

A quick test run tonight proves it has enough traction to get speed up and can drift with enough entry speed 

I need to fold up some flat bar to lock the diff so to speak then it should slide alot better.

[Kimjon]

@HighLUX out of interest, what's the ID of that pipe? I currently drive past 2 civil projects where they're using this stuff. If it's the right ID I'll approach them with a box of beer.

[HighLUX]

185mm give or take a few mm 

[JoKer]

oh yeah & these, I make these

they sometimes come back for repair with Price tags attached over $1100, I've made 18 in the last year alone, & they've been a NWC product since early 2000's... one of our Higher end Products

[Ghostchips]

They come back for repair?
People drop them or use them for carving?

[Ghostchips]

I assembled a store bought kit, incorrectly.