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25-09-22, 08:19 AM | #1 |
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I never did metalwork at school and maybe because of that I find watching metal being worked fascinating.
Here's 30 minutes of lathes, drills, routers, presses, welding as 3 Honda 50 engines are transformed into a radial engine (part 1). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx41MQ2Hk5k
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25-09-22, 11:19 AM | #2 |
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Seek out Alan Milyard on YouTube, the man is a pure genius when it comes to metalwork. He builds some fantastic motorcycle creations in his garage at home
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Stunning the way he cuts crankcases with a hacksaw when he's making his creations. Making a Honda RC166 replica from Yamaha parts seems almost a sacrilege though.
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Its quite cool, there was one I saw the other week where a single cylinder Yamaha engine got turned into a Boxer Twin.
The only trouble with these videos is they might give you inspiration to see what your local Hackspace or Makerspace might have. Mine for example has a lathe, a mill, a small CNC, welders, and everything else you might need to start fabricating your own custom parts. And if you start to get in to it you might end up spending quite a lot of hours there, ask me how I know... |
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tiz not the profit its the pleasure of doing the task. besides what else would you be doing.. festering in front of a tv..
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Agree, Ive just bought a Gladius with a fubared engine and in need of serious TLC just to keep me out of the house. No doubt I shall regret it
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Many many years back he was set a challenge to build a 6 cylinder engine across the weekend of the Stafford Classic Bike show. Loads of people scoffed as he set about sawing up cases with a hacksaw and what looked to be rudimentary tools. On Sunday afternoon, they were eating their words when the engine fired into life. |
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