A couple of bike projects
Rory came over this morning and built the platform for a rack an upcoming bicycle.I used the lathe to make the piece of metal which the bag hooks onto.It centers the bag on the rack and is a slip fit over the 5/16″ rack tubing. I like his compound bends and lowered front stay formaking the bag sit flat even though the hooks sit a little below the bottom of the bag.
This afternoon I worked on my canti boss brazing fixture. It is built around a80/20extrusion using two of their stanchion holders. I make dummy axles on the lathe and asupport for the cantilever bosses using my new mini-mill.
The dummy axles are made from steel. There is a common spacer to adapt them to the 1″ diameter hole that is made from aluminum:
The canti boss holder is made from aluminum.I milled slots for holding the canti fixtures. I have a lot to learn about using the mill:
Here is the mill (a Sieg X2), it was a birthday gift to myself:
