All you engineers out there what have you made?
I've now got access to a lathe and a mill so looking for inspiration.
wysiwyg, how are you man!!!! not seen you round these parts for years
You want to check out Black Mountain Cycles Blog - Whats in the Stand. The shop is in Point Reyes Station, Marin. Mike Varley is always working on super rare custom built stuff from the likes of Charlie Cunningham and Steve Potts. If that doesn't inspire you, nothing will
I bodged a wheel truing stand up quickly at work with a few old machine parts and a bit of steel stock. Works a bloody treat with the DTI which realy helps pinpoint the highpoints. Although I had to make a pair of little adaptors for maxle hubs..didnt think about them when I first made it. lol
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machined or sort of bodged made up stuff - I've got a cracking chain device made out of bits 🙂
I#ll plop some piccys on tomorrow
A few hours in the machine shop & I made my own Ti BB
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Mcmoonter-that website is ace! cheers
made a Ti bash ring a few years back, have loads of Ti left over but lacking both inspiration and time although i did draw and program a new Ti 36T middle ring for my evil.
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hope that works,
quad XPG.
No pics but I made bar ends, light brackets, a hub, cantis and a headset - latter still running.
It all depends (well it did for me) on how complex stuff is to make and whether you can get materials, bearings etc, and whether you can make something that is genuinely different to what is available.
Tony - I've been about, just lurking more than anything, im great ta, see all is well for you.
Always fancied making a wheel jig, so may look at that.
The Ti bash is very snazzy, as is the light, wish we had a CNC machine. But gotta learn to use a normal lathe first.
last year I met a guy at Glentress who had machined a rocker link and bolt on shock mount for an old proflex, one of the ones that originally came with a lump of elastomer at the top of the seat stays.
truly inspirational
no pictures though, sorry
This is a cool drop bar disc brake conversion adaptor - [url= http://www.cxmagazine.com/drop-bar-hydraulic-disc-brakes-cable-pull-adapter-for-cyclocross-cannard ]Drop Bar Disc Adaptor[/url]
I'm going to try and make one myself but will have to use a hacksaw, file, drill etc. as I don't have access to a milling machine.
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The manufacturers tend to be pretty good at making bike components, but what about some of the tools that would be handy occasionally but not worth the money to buy, like a star nut inserter or a headset press?