Alex Dark

haha, trailer and a nice plant nursery. Yeh thats only the front... Really need to expand soon Cheers m'boy Thanks

Cheers James Not my tee's , trago special :haha:

yeh a bit starnge seeing me on mod ill bet Cheers matt I shall see you tomorrow Yeh she's a beast, im letting her go soon though to a new home Thanks Ross Bliss and Eso - That Feeling Cheeeeers, I can definitely go a little bigger riding stock, I just really dont trust the little wheels!

Boiling water, and an old spoke got my 04 one out . Why not try a syringe?

tis good to see m'boy Yeh man, i need to get hold of jacob and arrange it. Saturday is it?

Hey, just put together a video from when I went mod for a couple of weeks. Nothing great, just trying to get used to wee wheels rather unsuccessfully. Cheers

Looks lovely mate, glad you like it

Measure one precisely and ill make you one to match mate

try-all 127 x 27 or tarty forged like you've got. Ideally you'd want something between 150mm and 127? so around 140mm x 28* but that's just a *wee* bit specific

They do work really well on smooth, but i put a grind on in about 10minutes flat. Really don't trust smooth rim at all!

Machine coolant, eh? Hmmm may have to try that. Thanks Forteh

take off a little further away from normal, and try and take off without using the back brake so much. Try and scoop the bike up more with the pedal stroke. At least thats what it feels like for me

Aha, I will try that.... I was wondering about making some crank bolts that way I have made it M18, it fits the forks perfectly haha just me being dozy and forgetting the thread size Edit: new stuff being uploaded in a minute... few other pictures.

Anyone?

Lovely pictures, ace choice of frame too

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/bikes-and-gear/components/disc-brake-systems/1267182424637-1tyx4i2nvigcm-670-75.jpg Quad Dime pro.

Aha that's a great idea. I was wondering about broaching actually. Did you heat when you did that Adam? Piss, I knew i'd get that thread size wrong :$ Cheers for that

Just ridiculous well impressed with your riding especially mate! Cool edit too.

Thanks mate! I quite like it without the stickers to be honest. They are now, really well made frames at bargain prices. Pm me if youre interested in finding out where to obtain them

Sooo, I decided to try and get my machining skills up to scratch recently. Started making a few little parts for the steed in the lunch hour / some that don't exist yet...some that do and I just wanted to have a bash at . First little project was for my trialtech fork and new zhi stem ( same as the try-all 3d forged ). I wanted to retain the threads inside the steerer ( so no jamming a star not down there! ) whilst using the cool sloped top cap. The idea I came up was this: 1. Machine a lump of billet down to the right OD, ( after a quick call to Tarty , cheers! ) I got the thread size. After some piddling around with the CNC lathe I took it down to the m12 x 1 thread the forks use. Uploaded with ImageShack.us 2. I stuck the threaded section into the manual lathe and drilled a 5mm hole straight the way through, then I used the tail stock to sticka tap through it to get the M6 threads for the top- cap bolt. 3. I chucked the threaded section into the manual mill and made a small flat so I could drill accurately into it. Then drilled through with a 3mm bit near the base of the threads. 4. While I was using the mill I machined a flat onto the M6 bolt about 1/3rd into its diameter and 1/2 way up its length ( leaving the first few threads intact ) 5. Then tapped the threaded section out to M4 and inserted a grub screw ( from a pre 05 magura reach adjustment ). The M6 bolt now goes through the top cap into the threaded section and tightens into it. You turn the milled section of the bolt towards the grub screw and tighten the brub against it to hold it captive. Hey presto, an adjustable 5mm head m12 x 1.0 adjustable length bolt. Works great Second Project was some homemade magura mounts because I didn't fancy spending £20 odd on some Echo TR mounts. These were relatively simple to make, and actually work pretty well haha. They look a little ghetto at the moment, but I havent had time to really finish them off yet. 1. First step was to turn the central hole out. I clamped the billet into the lathe and drilled out he centre, increasing sizes until I got to 19mm. I then used the internal boring bar to take the centre out to 24mm I think it is? First one I used a fairly slow chuck speed, but second I was less concerned and took it up to 1220. Hence why ones got such a smooth bore finish. 2. All the downwards milling was done now to give the stepped shape. I used a 12mm 2 flute end cutter to give the castellated style shape. Did one side, then flipped. Also milled the ends down to the same protrusion from the central hole. 3. I then turned the clamps in the vice press so the tip of the mount lined up with the top. this gave me a datum so all the angles would be the same. Again I milled downwards with the end cutter. Uploaded with ImageShack.us 4. Now I had a roughly maggie mount shape I started on the bolt holes. Unfortunately we have no 5mm milling bits so... I used a 10mm cutter to centralise the head with the middle of the magura mount ( the billet I used was 10mm thick so when one edge was lined up I had the centre. Then I marked and drilled with a 5mm drill bit straight through at each end. I then changed to a 4mm end cutter and elongated each hole until they met cleanly. flipped the mount and repeated. 5. Now the mount had it's rough shape I set about cleaning it up. I used a higher speed and some WD40 to skim the places where it would contact the bolts / frame and the top of the mount and then started fly cutting the outside. 6. A Junior hacksaw was then used to part each side of the mount apart. I then skimmed the bottom of each mount to remove the burrs from cutting. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Fly cutting is such a great technique, it gives the most beautiful CD like finish to aluminium, especially when you use WD40 as a lubricant. ( Imagine a strimmer with a blade ). I took 0.3mm off the outside of each mount, and I was pretty much finished ( at least for now ) I plan to take a bit of material off the top, maybe a 3mm cutter through the centre a la old Echo CNC mounts. I was really chuffed with these though. When I got my new Zhi Z3r frame I had one problem... my Chris King hub refused to fit in the frame, the axle caps were the tiniest bit too big. Instead of filing them down I thought Id just make my own . These had to be the easiest thing to make, and were only done to take up the waste material from the project below. I used 2d design to draw the shape, then exported to our Routercam. Unfortunately the depth sensor was a tiny bit out, so I had to punch through 0.5mm of material to get the beggars out. They turned out pretty well and certainly do their job. I was only going to use them for Sunday, and make some on the CNC lathe this week, but I guess there's no point if they work! I also made my adaption of an RB designs booster.....slightly more crossover protection and a nub at the front that covers my hydro splitter nicely Works REALLY well, but I forgot to smooth the edges and took a small chunk out of my leg on sunday with it Also need to finish fly cutting the top surface of it. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Ill be updating this topic with whatever else I make in my lunch breaks haha so do comment be it negatively or not! I could do with the feedback.

There is no way that I am aware of.

The Echo will be far easier to learn TGS style moves. If I were in your shoes that's exactly what I'd buy

Pull the lever so they stick out loads, 3 in 1 oil around the piston. Leave for a minute or so, then continuously pump the lever. Sticky piston should have gone

Hardly bad

Thanks Jack! Praise indeed from you mate, I've been watching the little snippets you've put on youtube now for ages, eagerly awaiting a full video on the new steed