The Chopper Compendium

always intrested in new ideas

the cutting disks are the way to go just be careful they snap off and fly apart real easy if ya twist the grinder at all . let the machine cut it dont force it when they fly apart they go in to ya deep so keep the guard on it

i cut out the axl plates from the dxf plans on the cd but it cut the slot just under an inch i need them at 3/4 of an inch it cut them out so nice very little cleanup i could make em the hard way but if anyone has the ability to either take the slot out or resize it i would definatly appreciate it ....

didnt have time to get pics today rushed to my friends shop so i could use his lathe to square up the ends on the rear legs and make shure i have them exactly even
ill get some pics tomorro when i start weldin it together

thank you

sometimes i think its more fun wrenchin em than ridein em its the sinkin money into em that sucks

well keep watchin

na not really

i will i just started but had to stop things started coming together with the springer so i went back to that but ill soon be done there and back to the girder

real good idea with the springer rods they are hardend rods on those shocks

i end up with lots of extra tools that way

thats some good info i been wanting to buy one of those setups for a while now never used one

sleepyonthree wrote:Takin shape and lookin good. Goin into the build season for you neck of the woods.

ya i already got people tryin to get work done the last month of winter is the worst

Looks great Curt. I had problems with the seat post in my build and ended up cutting it out and replacing it late in the game. It was hitting the top cover. I first went and dented it to receive the tranny. I didn't like it and it hit the trash. I ended up having to put a slight bend in my seat pos...