Thread: 2/3 scale Indian Straight Four.

looking mighty sweet there trev


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Well now I know the answer to the question "Will the engine fit the frame?"
YES!

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I need to make a hole lot of small adjustments, but it's good to know the engine will fit!
One of the first things I'll do is to drop the engine mounts down.
Also make the bend in the back bone a little shallower.

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It makes finishing the frame much more enjoyable knowing it will all go together.

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I thought I'd put in a photo of my favourite pipe bender that I mentioned before.
It works a treat!

Cheers.

I just love improvisation, ie: necessity is the mother of invention

Need some forks on that before I can take it for a test run


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

It's looking fantastic !!!!

I just found out it's Cowboy Dave's Birthday today!

Have a really great day Cowboy!
But no wood turning over .05 OH&S you know.

Cheers
Trevor.

turning up a whole heap of tapered dowels today, would not even have known it was my birthday till I saw the date on my iPad and I got to thinking ....

18th of March ... I know that date

thanks Trevor


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Originally Posted by Repliconics

I always find my skills lacking in this area.

Pffft. I wish I had your lack of skills.

Great progress Trevor.

Here's an idea: you could make it a sequence of models at various stages of the build, say 4. Just think how easy the final one would be to build....

No?

Originally Posted by Repliconics

I just found out it's Cowboy Dave's Birthday today!

Have a really great day Cowboy!
But no wood turning over .05 OH&S you know.

Cheers
Trevor.

Well done Trev on sharing the birthday news for OLD DAVE......
Your bike is coming along a treat.....
Happy Birthday Dave.... Cheers, crowie

A mate turned up yesterday with a 14 inch motorcycle wheel for me to have a look at.
Much to my horror it really does look much better in the frame.
It's scale to the bike and the size of the tyre really do look more realistic.

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I'd have to modify the hub quite a lot to get the 1930's look to it.
But with the width of the tyre I could get a much fuller mudguard on it.

As it stands I don't need to make a choice at the moment either wheel will fit the frame.

It probably sounds a little silly but I've always used what I would call the wrong parts.
Were as this is the right part!
It seems a bit like cheating.
But it sure looks good.

Cheers.

I think the second pic looks better. I went back to your first post, and the fatter tyre looks way more appropriate, in my opinion.

Trevor,

Its not cheating, It is using components that are at hand to get the best looking outcome. It all looks great.


Keith

Nope its the wrong part ... It's newer and off a smaller bike.

In Trev tradition you are 'making it work'


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Ackershully, I reckon the first wheel looks more authentic.

The ol' Indian had what looked like bicycle wheels with many long, light spokes, and a small axle/hub with the sprocket on one side and a similar disc on t'other. Whereas the new wheel has a much larger, more modern hub & fewer, shorter & heavier gauge spokes.

(I also think the tyre's irrelevant as that is something that can be changed for a better look without altering the fit of any of the bike parts.)

Mind you, I'm only looking at the "side on" pix, so it's much harder for me to judge the width, clearances, etc. (Cameras lie! )

So glad it's not my decision!