There is nothing quite as satisfying as building something from scratch. That rough idea in your mind that is just aching to get out and into some type of material. For us, this has been our ever so slow Buell Street Fighter build. We start on it, then have to move to other projects and then are able to come back to it. Now we are really starting to crank on it and get moving at a decent pace. Check out the progress on our new gas tank.
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| Cold rolled sheet metal and our new tank templates |
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| Tank is made from foam insulation, which is great for sculpting out an idea |
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| Another angle on our new tank style |
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| rough section of sheet metal cut out |
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| Heavy Metal thunder! time to cut sheet metal |
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| Using a scribe to etch our guides in |
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| Here is the working sketch of the tank on the sheet metal for what we need to shape |
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| Here is the working sketch of the tank on the sheet metal for what we need to shape |
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| Getting our sheet metal to bend at our will with the English Wheel |
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| Working the metal with several different shape rollers |
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| First round of rough shaping before we make a few cuts to begin pushing into shape |
