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Kiwi living in UK, married to my English Rose father of two boys, family traditional signwriting business.
Always loved tinkering in the garage with my dad from a young age, it's stayed with me into adulthood.
Always loved tinkering in the garage with my dad from a young age, it's stayed with me into adulthood.
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Moto GP bikes at the moment
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Hi Gents, I've been working on the front end which has been a lot of work but learning loads. I want the axle and wheels to turn with the guide so I was going to try and make a i-beam axle but luckily found a large model truck one made from white metal. I brought that as it's the same shape as the cars one and proceeded to cut the excess off to shorten it, re-soldered it with low temp solder. [attachment=32206] [attachment=32207] Made the steering bar from brass tube and brass eyelets, the metal parts that hold the wheels are from an old slotcar steering set up. I have ground parts off these to shape and bent the arms down to fit the brass arm. I've also tapped the ends so they take a hex head bolt to keep the wheel on. The guide bit I have copied George Turners idea of what he has on his Edwardian cars, I soldered a brass tube to a flat piece of brass that sits on the guide and soldered a 1mm piece of piano wire to it to attached to the steering rod. [attachment=32208] [attachment=32209] [attachment=32210] I've added bearings to the wheels which are wheels from a George Turner kit. I've drilled out the wheel to fit the bearings in snug. [attachment=32212] [attachment=32213] [attachment=32214] [attachment=32215] [attachment=32217] The part I'm on to now is the leaf springs. I decided to make these completely from scratch out of thin brass. The little nuts and bolts are from Prime Miniatures, Dominic makes wonderful products. I cut strips of brass to size and came up with these. [attachment=32222] [attachment=32223] [attachment=32224] I'm waiting for a tiny tap and die set to come in the post so I can make the u-brackets that will hold the springs to the axle. Quite pleased how it's coming along and the time flys so fast when I'm out in the shed. [attachment=32225] [attachment=32226] [attachment=32227] Sorry re overload of pics, thanks for looking. Tony |