I maybe the only one but been thinking about finishing the ends of bolts where the nut sits in a different way, nothing too difficult to do but looking for something cool and different, I ground a lathe tool to the required shape so it could be done in one process to save time. Heres what i came up with. When used with a Castellated nut it takes on a nice different look.
wow wow wow... never seeks to amaze me.... you can actually see your reflection in the bolt you ground down..... what next.....lol...... Roy....sitting in amazement .... again....
ive had a sore throat since tuesday morning!!,last time i visit you, lol,nice work on the willys and the rocket
I thought you might have the sore throat from talking, Langy is such an interesting guy who loves a chat!
Mostly bits & pieces done today, nothing worth a picture but i did get my headers done in white and wanted to see what they looked like so bolted them on with a few bolts, Its just the look i wanted.
I just gave them a quick lick on the polisher to be honest, the would look better with a little more work Sent from my iPhone using TJJ
Sorry Steve, Chris from Australia, I dropped in earlier this year with my wife while we were over for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
I was sat in the drivers seat the other night and realised i couldn't reach the dash when strapped in, I needed the important switches closer to me. I solved this with a glassfibre box which was moulded off a washing sachet container. I aim to mount this with some stainless tube between the seats and run the wiring through the tube so its hidden. I thought a nice finned top plate to hold the switches might be nice, thickest bit of aluminium plate i had was 1/2" so a quick call to my mate Allan and he had some 3/4", He also kindly offered to mill the slots in it to save me some time. First the 3/4" aluminium plate was cut. Next it was marked out and drilled and counterbored. Next the grooves were ball milled into the plate. Next to get sloping sides on the fins the plate was tilted at 14 degrees and the sides of the fins got a pass with the cutter. What we ended up with. Next the shape was marked out and the excess cut off. The ends of the fins were then curved. Next job was to remove all the sharp edges and replace with nice radius's and give it a quick polish to see how it looked. The original switch knobs were not gonna cut the mustard so new ones were made from some 1" stainless round bar. :cheers:
Being a machinist by trade I truly appreciate this build. There's so many things that you could have bought but made instead. Kind of a throw back to the 1960's & 70's here back in the states. I can't wait until you get back to two good arms and give her hell again. Keep up the details , love it , Scruff.
What would ya charge to make another two of those knobs and leave them untapped so I can have some for my '35 haha!!! Those look beautiful!! I have that same 4 position switch from speedway.
I made the knobs simple as i didn't want them too fussy, I might still paint them black. cost wouldn't be much really as they don't take long to make. Yep that 4 position switch is very handy, saves having a dipswitch on the floor.
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