After 14 hrs sanding I got it ready to take a tack cloth to it and put in the final coat of primer. I am very happy with the results so far! If I can get in full coverage of primer not have to spot shoot or sand any big runs out! I can be putting color on after sanding with 400 grit tomorrow!
Last coat of primer for the frame and forks went well. If I get 3 hrs sleep get up do it again i might be able to sand 400 grit and get color on her tomorrow?
Got the frame and forks sanded with 400 grit just to make scratchs for the base to stick. Hit with tack cloth and it is about to get real here with color!
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hi Dan, thanks for your time and energy spent on this new board. I hope you will give me a waiver on the email account, I have used gmail so long I don't have a clue what my service provider account is. I just returned home from a 2 week trip in New Mexico, have a few good pix, can't wait to share my off-highway traveling. Got to put 1400 miles on the scoot.
SELF INTRODUCTION: I'm just an old chopper builders who still dabbles in the craft and I hope that I can contribute something to the discussions as time goes by. Most of you already know that I started the Chopper Builders Handbook site so you're probably already familiar with my philosophy on choppers and chopper work.
That is one outstanding piece of work. The basic frame sculpting really starts to show now that you've got color on it. I hate to think of how many hours you've got into this project but like most of us know it's all a labor of love for the craft and you're certainly a craftsman.
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hi Dan, thanks for your time and energy spent on this new board. I hope you will give me a waiver on the email account, I have used gmail so long I don't have a clue what my service provider account is. I just returned home from a 2 week trip in New Mexico, have a few good pix, can't wait to share my off-highway traveling. Got to put 1400 miles on the scoot.
gww25 wrote:That is one outstanding piece of work. The basic frame sculpting really starts to show now that you've got color on it. I hate to think of how many hours you've got into this project but like most of us know it's all a labor of love for the craft and you're certainly a craftsman.
+10
Huge thumbs up man.
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SELF INTRODUCTION: hi everyone its me from the old bord hopeing to see everyone come here and all the newcomers . lets make this as good as the old one or even better . lookin foreward to seeing everyones projects continue and ill be continueing mine too
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
SELF INTRODUCTION: I was on the last board as bonustoolkit. I have changed that to my given name. I started a project build there " File and Fit." I paln to continue that when I go back home in Dec. 2011. I first joined the board when Gary W had it in the year 2005. That was the time I really gained an interest in building chops. I have a long way to go, compared to some here.
No going to quit these parts could keep clear coating but they do not need it.
Shoot 1 is the tins:
Tank, battery box, head light, tail light, fender
These parts will get the flake treatment and also a silver lace with white for the name on the tank and some sort of striping.
The prep for this shoot will be just as labor intensive if not more because the tins make the bike. These got to be glass with many many many coats of clear and taping.
Shoot 2 is all the small parts like mounts spacers handlebars shifter handle brake rods linkage stuff like that all blue flake but so small and so many angles need room to get around them.
This shoot will be just make the parts in color.
There is not enough room in there to do it all at once so everything needed seperated in how and what level it needed done.
The paint guy here in Dayton who sells to all the big paint guys in town said he had never seen a frame or tubes flaked only tins. Warned me then said is was cool when I would not waver. You know I went in they kind of overlooked me and was apprehisive at first until I showed him pictures of my builds and bikes and I said I liked doing the things not many will not do. It will be what it is whatever it ends up being.
After the pictures they were throwing free supplies in cups, sticks, that kind of stuff going out their way hooking me up!