my pretty baby

so stoked on how shes looking these days

Neck Adjuster

 

So! It's been so long since I've gotten to machine an assembly of parts. For the last (I don't know) 6 years I've been running nothing but production on just a few parts. So once I machine a part and it leaves my hands that the last I get to see of it. It really takes the satisfaction out of being a machinist. Machining these frame jigs have probably been way more entertaining to me then you blog readers, But I'm totally stoked on how it's turning out. Most of the parts for this neck adjuster are complete. I just need to turn out the last two parts that will support the neck tube. Hopefully those will be done today! Then I can send everything to Jared so he can fuse it all together with his fancy TIG welder. This frame jig should make some damn nice frames! I held every dimension way tighter than I probably needed to. But I enjoyed doing it that way. TIGHT... Gangsta style...

So tight Jared probably doesn't even have to weld it...

Jake leg frame jig

 You can see the warpage here in this pic.This thing is SPRUNG!

 So we made a steel sandwich.

 Then Kevin poked it with the bobcat.

 Here you can see the 1" bar stock we used as the fulcrum.

 F*@K choppers Bobcats RULE! Using this method we were able to take about 3/4" of bend out of it. But hoping that we could take more of the bend out we tried a different method. *sidenote* I would trust Kevin to perform open hart surgery on me with that bobcat... The dude's a freakin surgeon with that bad boy. 

 We tried givin it the business this way but it didn't work to well.

 So Kevin busted out another one of his bad ass toys, his diesel powered welder... And welded up a support bracket to his shipping storage container... That he just so happened to have... 

 We threw a strap on it and gave it a tug with the bobcat. I didn't get any pictures of the bobcat pulling on the it because it was effing scary as hell! It was moving the whole cement pad and shit.

 So we decided it was good enough and I'd try busting out the rosebud on it at the shop.

After laying down some flames, it sprang back worse than before... I thought fire made everything better! So I called Master Massic-istic to duty, and  he worked his magic on it. By the time he was done it looked like he had made some progress. So as it turns out fire DOES make it better, if you use it right. Whats that ancient Buddhist saying? It's not the size of the fire that matters, it's the motion of your dick? Anyways... Things are looking straighter now. It just took all day to move it about a half an inch.