tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12902221223967306262024-02-21T16:01:40.447-08:00Blue Collar Motos Metal FoundryBlue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-78785151210554923862011-05-25T01:08:00.000-07:002011-05-25T01:09:33.465-07:00Not much to report the past few days.<div style="text-align: center;">So have a look at these!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6ZarwXeF2hkwTn24PG73xo1g8k5E6dcTgn1hQJov704jd8D36X22Lwf3NPSsQqgKfo7xwUuok4n_uJmlEUzD4yaM2YB8N93IcvIv2BdIxW36ZuzmcR-ncBsNUdArXwM4pyaLdb968qQ/s1600/misc+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6ZarwXeF2hkwTn24PG73xo1g8k5E6dcTgn1hQJov704jd8D36X22Lwf3NPSsQqgKfo7xwUuok4n_uJmlEUzD4yaM2YB8N93IcvIv2BdIxW36ZuzmcR-ncBsNUdArXwM4pyaLdb968qQ/s320/misc+038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My old blog had a lot of boobs posted every day around 6AM. Well, I see no reason not to include a set or two here as long as it has something to do with bikes and or metal casting. </div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-59625609770030892122011-05-20T10:27:00.000-07:002011-05-20T10:28:15.271-07:00Got a cool email from across the pond yesterday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_u6gghyEPJSumznH62rUAKxsw4wXyBoRKL597MXMzb1udZcSYPZXTHHbTjp72XP0QQmWOy-PXRkak39qnvIAv6X4YSZo3HrPezEGsdyY9r4jOpFZvvPRecnp4eWxe94c2Cl1PP3gaWM/s1600/je3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_u6gghyEPJSumznH62rUAKxsw4wXyBoRKL597MXMzb1udZcSYPZXTHHbTjp72XP0QQmWOy-PXRkak39qnvIAv6X4YSZo3HrPezEGsdyY9r4jOpFZvvPRecnp4eWxe94c2Cl1PP3gaWM/s1600/je3.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDr6TIWUxswOJaD3XoV5W8sEcM1c8oITFipGK8Fhoxx2tdbRN11xYQ8WiPNbJvWb3wNWrzNnPaeZYjGGVwDbWcT5ZpBRZfLVehhpmujcnM_KGU3ZQ5ZIZClOA7RBCRirqHdnwQ8PLlNp4/s1600/je2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDr6TIWUxswOJaD3XoV5W8sEcM1c8oITFipGK8Fhoxx2tdbRN11xYQ8WiPNbJvWb3wNWrzNnPaeZYjGGVwDbWcT5ZpBRZfLVehhpmujcnM_KGU3ZQ5ZIZClOA7RBCRirqHdnwQ8PLlNp4/s1600/je2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiw-rr1Wofds_Y_Xc_3dP-uG2INlk4qN96bRmEok8ErMVQqVn3BEyFxZN49OCXnhq-KyX2v7Kt-G-ag30jjZ52PanPlOA92lAeIPugTbiOfcBQquypv0NMBY9xKNXg65EzehAoHSQvFhs/s1600/jonengland1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiw-rr1Wofds_Y_Xc_3dP-uG2INlk4qN96bRmEok8ErMVQqVn3BEyFxZN49OCXnhq-KyX2v7Kt-G-ag30jjZ52PanPlOA92lAeIPugTbiOfcBQquypv0NMBY9xKNXg65EzehAoHSQvFhs/s1600/jonengland1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jonathon Liddle of England sent me pix of a few cool Triumph covers he's been making. Honestly, the more I look at them, the more I like em! Especially the points cover with the skull. I'm not one for skulls on anything, but this is bad ass!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like one of Jon's covers, ya can get them from his UK eBay. Links below. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>If you have, or know someone who is casting their own motorcycle stuff and would like to see it here on the blog, email me @ bluecollarmoto@aol.com and I'll post them up. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thanks Jon!</b></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-708782858000513572011-05-19T15:58:00.000-07:002011-05-19T15:58:23.532-07:00Progress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoe4V7NVd_pyedOguaQsmajfIPqzlDRbwPqjKHgEbPhYbRbOI-oG6nWt1xyI9J8sTeNfyW-7oEYeedr7Eu0q2hQEf98ltNarsy9SuNSnZcjcT00zmq8WDvEOTALnqLNXT8KdwAHxDxlOc/s1600/scrambler+cafe+seat014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoe4V7NVd_pyedOguaQsmajfIPqzlDRbwPqjKHgEbPhYbRbOI-oG6nWt1xyI9J8sTeNfyW-7oEYeedr7Eu0q2hQEf98ltNarsy9SuNSnZcjcT00zmq8WDvEOTALnqLNXT8KdwAHxDxlOc/s320/scrambler+cafe+seat014.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is going to look sooo good!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhYIQkokOaoeFy8OaxAKYqgO1xXHEwaENKi2Pm4dSo2z3QRwW9tUdD2xy5Ojh0Rhyt7x7-pb5f5OQuXh_ReQNSwYM3VFxUjwr_D5UdvnF_J8Lxx_9E-pLFm14bP_Zke-7t62mDf9JERg/s1600/scrambler+cafe+seat013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhYIQkokOaoeFy8OaxAKYqgO1xXHEwaENKi2Pm4dSo2z3QRwW9tUdD2xy5Ojh0Rhyt7x7-pb5f5OQuXh_ReQNSwYM3VFxUjwr_D5UdvnF_J8Lxx_9E-pLFm14bP_Zke-7t62mDf9JERg/s320/scrambler+cafe+seat013.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that its done raining for a few days, and the sun is out from time to time, I'm able to put some coats on the damn seat. Added the plastic mesh over the rest of the seat today. Dried up enough in the sun for me to even put a second coat on. Going to let that dry over night. Need it to be dry enough now to sand. Changed the front. Decided to fill it in now instead of adding a pad plate later. May still need the pad plate, but it will be better like this to mount up to the glass seat. </div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-37551254068641148222011-05-17T15:00:00.000-07:002011-05-17T15:00:14.962-07:00Cafe Scrambler Seat. "Let the carving begin"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIUwe67P0b15HFzroIdQbBmU1Qea_JZySkO_pgN85rzGIFHwOxi8PvTL8ZaAMAcQpiBaeTOAYDaElVJH78gWZkXwgCu_dB1bdaXeDoiAWJf6fJPQHfD7CdKnJUjnyzYOOFIRtqg5fui8/s1600/ScramblerFplug001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIUwe67P0b15HFzroIdQbBmU1Qea_JZySkO_pgN85rzGIFHwOxi8PvTL8ZaAMAcQpiBaeTOAYDaElVJH78gWZkXwgCu_dB1bdaXeDoiAWJf6fJPQHfD7CdKnJUjnyzYOOFIRtqg5fui8/s320/ScramblerFplug001.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">From this,</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AII3QVXBCkgdgjSkXP_b4x57iq127jgVHjNIJX6cSggA0Z4cCY0UxuIFruL5IZ65woX6QBRe03R_8eM4pT6sWnirclTIvnr9nZqBbAVRxY5NPDbhLFUAjTFa2iHIRZRGpWBto7ndL3k/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AII3QVXBCkgdgjSkXP_b4x57iq127jgVHjNIJX6cSggA0Z4cCY0UxuIFruL5IZ65woX6QBRe03R_8eM4pT6sWnirclTIvnr9nZqBbAVRxY5NPDbhLFUAjTFa2iHIRZRGpWBto7ndL3k/s320/002.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To this. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm happy with the way its looking! </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_8FEFgnzpPsfQY8Ud5_vjta6l7yYR8Gzy4xDFpWJQ1l-WPCkSaEv1h-5U4jGkrWnKfYoXHDiDarbrk-ft_zDvf7EqEVAb4soo09lQTIgz9taUuuKHtxHl08WwURAag49rn33ougihd8/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_8FEFgnzpPsfQY8Ud5_vjta6l7yYR8Gzy4xDFpWJQ1l-WPCkSaEv1h-5U4jGkrWnKfYoXHDiDarbrk-ft_zDvf7EqEVAb4soo09lQTIgz9taUuuKHtxHl08WwURAag49rn33ougihd8/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marked the high spots, resharpened the knife, and cut em all off.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ17QnqEJUYUse1mB0W8NEOOtDkM1DM7nRJZE1UBpmcbt0ZXr8zTxmagVSpqh4vxv4cClhqnyEvzgafx0lMT4-vhNHebmFO86bQMU1aREOmcwMgn61igxk3rVUrtlJBcacZiVToHXbnA/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ17QnqEJUYUse1mB0W8NEOOtDkM1DM7nRJZE1UBpmcbt0ZXr8zTxmagVSpqh4vxv4cClhqnyEvzgafx0lMT4-vhNHebmFO86bQMU1aREOmcwMgn61igxk3rVUrtlJBcacZiVToHXbnA/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">First thin coat of drywall mud. Like frosting a cake.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJPfROyzcF9M0ptbe7g5uVoyZRG50KBNkCrm2iAR07CZ3vnSD0v82-jspt3WH-_E5G1caL_g0ka1QnnV6IU-0hD54g-iEquH_IK5OCF8zjKsremdVMvGmOwml_fszhr3SvPmjA1a6Uv0/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJPfROyzcF9M0ptbe7g5uVoyZRG50KBNkCrm2iAR07CZ3vnSD0v82-jspt3WH-_E5G1caL_g0ka1QnnV6IU-0hD54g-iEquH_IK5OCF8zjKsremdVMvGmOwml_fszhr3SvPmjA1a6Uv0/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This morning I went out and added a second coat of mud. Things were not as dry as I had hoped from last night. Looks like its done raining for a while. I may bring it up and put it out on the patio table in the sun. I also added a layer of plastic mesh over the seat area. One of these days, when its dry, I'll trim off the excess mesh, and add more to the sides and hump. Starting to look like a cafe seat! Stoked!!! I still have a good 1/4" of mud to float.</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-46592941779723288822011-05-17T10:00:00.000-07:002011-05-17T11:04:19.757-07:00This tank will look BAD ASS in aluminum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P9Y7E9bfixnYm-PT4Q4tS0-PZ721viXHgKMMgEgWWfgzDFZNSMLLAoIRIvF-tqV2lCa-nHnytEN97gtyVzd2UZZdSEnEmiGy_txJO2wkjCmJbu7EIHpc_YFoO0NfikR12wlnIYEquE8/s1600/VVMC2010061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P9Y7E9bfixnYm-PT4Q4tS0-PZ721viXHgKMMgEgWWfgzDFZNSMLLAoIRIvF-tqV2lCa-nHnytEN97gtyVzd2UZZdSEnEmiGy_txJO2wkjCmJbu7EIHpc_YFoO0NfikR12wlnIYEquE8/s320/VVMC2010061.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took this pic at last years VVMC party. I don't know for sure, but if its not an original race tank, then its probably a repop made by my friends over at Air-Tech. <a href="http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/">http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ive posted about them a few times over on my old blog. <a href="http://newbluecollarmoto.blogspot.com/?zx=9483aff3ba19df12">http://newbluecollarmoto.blogspot.com/</a> They make about every race faring, tank, and seat combo you can imagine for every make of bike on the planet! They use a high end jell coat sprayed on the mold to get some super high quality parts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why am I giving a shout out to the competition you may ask? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because, they make some great stuff, but not in aluminum. I plan to be making my custom seats in fiberglass as well as aluminum. (not anything they make) I plan to do some racing tanks in aluminum. A few mods here and there I'm sure from what they offer. Like with the tank pictured above. I would move the fuel cap to the right hand side. On a race bike it doesn't matter since the bikes are placed on stands when parked. I'm making stuff for bikes on the street though. Kickstands on the left, gas caps on the right. In Ca, (and other states) ya are not allowed to use a glass tank anymore on a street bike. The pump gas eats it up. Now with ALUMINUM, ya can run what ya brung anywhere! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm already wanting to set up a foam plug for this tank! Gotta finish what Ive already started first though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So to answer my question about why I would give a shout out to my competition. They are not competitors. They are people I have a ton of respect for, and I wont be making the same stuff they are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check em out and drool over the pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do often.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bike porn!</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-6384764780946857272011-05-16T12:01:00.000-07:002011-05-16T12:01:46.312-07:00Making the Scrambler Seat Plug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcX8WKDpFaSGdzi9nftFa-odiJiTnQEX2icMgzPb1f4UcfALVjBGIB9GSk-L22GcgDb6MoehViLmgjXdHcR5iTLo9TqjS4Np63fgSGZS0ZJN2aSNC9UmZH_XK-fOODkSnv5KdSIiiTvsU/s1600/ScramblerFplug001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcX8WKDpFaSGdzi9nftFa-odiJiTnQEX2icMgzPb1f4UcfALVjBGIB9GSk-L22GcgDb6MoehViLmgjXdHcR5iTLo9TqjS4Np63fgSGZS0ZJN2aSNC9UmZH_XK-fOODkSnv5KdSIiiTvsU/s320/ScramblerFplug001.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here she is with the $$$ foam from the hobby supply store, stuck to the tin backing with contact spray on glue/cement. I just cut the foam out rough at this point. I should of left myself a 1/2" less than I did around the outside. I'll have to remove that much to give the joint compound room to be spread on. First time is always a learning experience. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SCeX86w0HZ2GeLcsq3ojT89q3AXjDAJBLQlveMo8_PS6mv4AU1qY6uYBiXzWqebOY-zw0b4PqcB9vDHIW7UkI5UcP9cShOk9J-WONeyI8TtXGn0EXzo7bWCgirhdcKZl8zXqwQI4yZ8/s1600/ScramblerFplug002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SCeX86w0HZ2GeLcsq3ojT89q3AXjDAJBLQlveMo8_PS6mv4AU1qY6uYBiXzWqebOY-zw0b4PqcB9vDHIW7UkI5UcP9cShOk9J-WONeyI8TtXGn0EXzo7bWCgirhdcKZl8zXqwQI4yZ8/s320/ScramblerFplug002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a view of the wood runners I made this morning that set the seats profile. If I had gone with the styrene foam, I would of just had to carve it to the proper profile. I like this better. Less room for sculptor error.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxfhZ4DcLrsVb_Yu4m0FD42wPRZOd96Oc5oDmmH-cQgmMewSXiku0nhbEwMsQTChyphenhyphen0i7CQs1O8qsPsgcri9Zo11GlUpn18QZxLaFvFzPEmQm5orvqoufiNg3KeG2iJPjw8yK4rZuDjJ0/s1600/ScramblerFplug003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxfhZ4DcLrsVb_Yu4m0FD42wPRZOd96Oc5oDmmH-cQgmMewSXiku0nhbEwMsQTChyphenhyphen0i7CQs1O8qsPsgcri9Zo11GlUpn18QZxLaFvFzPEmQm5orvqoufiNg3KeG2iJPjw8yK4rZuDjJ0/s320/ScramblerFplug003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now to let the contact cement set up on the runners. I also have some screws holding it all together. I'll start carving the basic shape out of the foam tonight! Hope I get a chance to spread on the first coat of joint compound tonight as well. I should probably be using something harder than the joint compound to form the outside shape, but it sands easy. The plug only has to last long enough for me to make the mold. Once the mold is made, I make the seat pattern out of glass, and can always make more molds as needed from my master pattern. </div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-35353637789855530302011-05-14T11:41:00.000-07:002011-05-14T11:41:12.143-07:00Loose weight with Blue Collar Moto<b><i>Before</i></b><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">(fat chick holding factory fat bob tanks)</span></i></b><div><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div><b><i>After</i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">(hot chick holding my aluminum tank)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div><b><i>Take some pounds off your bike with aluminum or fiberglass parts from Blue Collar Moto.</i></b></div></div><div><br />
</div><div>Haha. Came up with the idea for my 1st magazine add campaign this morning. Had to write it down while its fresh in my mind, so here it is. Gotta just figure out if they should be topless in the add or not? Also, should I have them wearing something like a Rat Fink mask? Creativity is blocked only by never ending options.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Pix coming soon! Soon as I can make my first tank...</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-83116528876313738912011-05-13T18:01:00.000-07:002011-05-13T18:01:34.960-07:00Been working on a pattern for the Scrambler cafe seat project the past few days.<div style="text-align: center;">Takes some time. I wound up with two patterns. One that can be bolted up to the factory frame using the stock mounting hinge and lock set up, and another one that would require the cutting off of all factory brackets. The first one that uses the factory stuff had to be a bit fatter than I wanted, so I made an alternative seat set up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhYKTk-mrMCGghvWk7RdnaDc4GHSH64DNQBT6Ipd-qqhcjA4_Ho0mgfM4CAFfVUZtjSq3dSNIFrVcWxGpcHFKaeH4RXMTF0NOu6nZ1ATN1WBmXJjLirL8MQMmkQB3CvQfr5JJ-K_cbZo/s1600/patch-fredflintstone-cycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhYKTk-mrMCGghvWk7RdnaDc4GHSH64DNQBT6Ipd-qqhcjA4_Ho0mgfM4CAFfVUZtjSq3dSNIFrVcWxGpcHFKaeH4RXMTF0NOu6nZ1ATN1WBmXJjLirL8MQMmkQB3CvQfr5JJ-K_cbZo/s320/patch-fredflintstone-cycle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No plug pix yet.</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-37077197582596277222011-05-11T11:07:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:20:30.171-07:00Sportster seat.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZszYNpck5XwBS33YldhNeraoC_RNio_1Eq0ZaC9BkhRNm10eXxXPupbbsJVQtqDkX6fhU8iHpLK0FQBkkuWwK5KeCI7FskKRr5DbNZbCg0fqGyUye9F8ldMJrhsLYtG86lRD4e_wxBU/s1600/0709_hbkp_17_z%252Bharley_davidson%252B1970_xr_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZszYNpck5XwBS33YldhNeraoC_RNio_1Eq0ZaC9BkhRNm10eXxXPupbbsJVQtqDkX6fhU8iHpLK0FQBkkuWwK5KeCI7FskKRr5DbNZbCg0fqGyUye9F8ldMJrhsLYtG86lRD4e_wxBU/s320/0709_hbkp_17_z%252Bharley_davidson%252B1970_xr_750.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I do a Sportster seat it will be like the one on the old XR750s. Not like the new XR1200s Harley has hardly put any effort into.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUQFBEjMIVRK-MYovBVE7stGveKlZzWWsLRALd6KzspABHZ3bb_U_MfDsimOpiW_FHmLpBJmZCTE-GqP20too2JIjgIstgqNhDhiQZ5q5hBRf2-RIEQYcMkJheKvuYbR3rku3FSTd_8U/s1600/ElCamino10022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUQFBEjMIVRK-MYovBVE7stGveKlZzWWsLRALd6KzspABHZ3bb_U_MfDsimOpiW_FHmLpBJmZCTE-GqP20too2JIjgIstgqNhDhiQZ5q5hBRf2-RIEQYcMkJheKvuYbR3rku3FSTd_8U/s320/ElCamino10022.jpg" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUQFBEjMIVRK-MYovBVE7stGveKlZzWWsLRALd6KzspABHZ3bb_U_MfDsimOpiW_FHmLpBJmZCTE-GqP20too2JIjgIstgqNhDhiQZ5q5hBRf2-RIEQYcMkJheKvuYbR3rku3FSTd_8U/s1600/ElCamino10022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Definitely NOT one like this!</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-32776151318573342952011-05-11T10:38:00.000-07:002011-05-19T17:03:49.728-07:00Getting geared up to make some seat molds.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3l7KOAdjXNJOTci1QVWmSP4dExcEorcIWmUfsmUyrmcMhA2LYPUdmkCxdWGy5Q9WCbu_RhmPoncN79ZoHhuyEjEb-rVh5sddPudDgwQvH1S0cdVSHegMxBdRjc6YXil2SPcyX5tGCzk/s1600/another+shot+of+teh+mold.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3l7KOAdjXNJOTci1QVWmSP4dExcEorcIWmUfsmUyrmcMhA2LYPUdmkCxdWGy5Q9WCbu_RhmPoncN79ZoHhuyEjEb-rVh5sddPudDgwQvH1S0cdVSHegMxBdRjc6YXil2SPcyX5tGCzk/s320/another+shot+of+teh+mold.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Pic borrowed from the Internet)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking forward to starting some molds next week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">1st with foam.</div><div style="text-align: center;">2nd with plaster.</div><div style="text-align: center;">3rd with fiberglass.<br />
4th with aluminum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll make two fiberglass seats for each pattern. One for the aluminum pattern, and another to run on the bike being fitted for the seat out of glass. When I'm ready, I'll send out word to all who would be interested in having one of these seats on their bike. I'll give the loaner/donor the second fiberglass seat for the cost of the glass used to make it. Thats almost free.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking the first one after my CL360 will be for a CB750, or a RD.<br />
Could even be for a Sportster?</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-56527630923404513142011-05-05T11:29:00.000-07:002011-05-05T11:29:50.242-07:00Gas caps for my tanks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pwxDgeVKhRraXtzZqt9KUPOqUbrInRbQIUS9QvXlc3zpqlnzHnEY0Vo5tqUPROP22MTgcrInz4okCV7rGs4NXPfA-g-91LAie9-HdgJ32saLJx5FtGuEH6K60_DJEtJZuoLk3WMTzXw/s1600/fc3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pwxDgeVKhRraXtzZqt9KUPOqUbrInRbQIUS9QvXlc3zpqlnzHnEY0Vo5tqUPROP22MTgcrInz4okCV7rGs4NXPfA-g-91LAie9-HdgJ32saLJx5FtGuEH6K60_DJEtJZuoLk3WMTzXw/s1600/fc3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>These look good! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>It will all be about options when it comes to caps. I like the British flip up stuff and the small screw on chopper stuff. Lets see what else I can come up with. </b></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-62957878136622511492011-05-04T12:24:00.000-07:002011-05-04T12:24:29.792-07:00I would love to get my hands on this!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCp1A0Sr8ck1L3gb2pf-_Bb4p0o48JW5MoX8bniDTfWXPVLeh3f2tPp1nql4ja4fRvm5eSZgxHKguHygaQV3u8_-SE9SgoT8IRfcfyyGCRjr7g1rt5KEWO8lDSlwbnoIqKcCmGO74RJI/s1600/2fb8e2d8+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCp1A0Sr8ck1L3gb2pf-_Bb4p0o48JW5MoX8bniDTfWXPVLeh3f2tPp1nql4ja4fRvm5eSZgxHKguHygaQV3u8_-SE9SgoT8IRfcfyyGCRjr7g1rt5KEWO8lDSlwbnoIqKcCmGO74RJI/s320/2fb8e2d8+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A friend on Facebook sent me this pic a few weeks ago. This nice piece was on Ebay for sale. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Wouldn't be so tough to make. Would be cast in three pieces with two optional pieces cast for either a two stroke oil<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> reservoir</span> or a battery tray in the hump. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Would be a great piece to cast in aluminum! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I'm thinking my RD400 project is gonna have something similar on it some time next year.</b></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-25581860120406586182011-05-02T14:31:00.000-07:002011-05-02T14:31:47.424-07:001/4" thick cast aluminum tank engraved by Otto Carter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4LDo24QnJB0FC-kpf_FMfeHoiFUs1zFl3drIe7GXQ7qNuox-H3JHV6YEqdPzHyX30uAnJ0rIQ2-21COurbHTDDbXQYzidJuzPD3Zm4L1aMqnLiao550tKMcOoXnghrHm5ICrMRKPvIQ/s1600/proc10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4LDo24QnJB0FC-kpf_FMfeHoiFUs1zFl3drIe7GXQ7qNuox-H3JHV6YEqdPzHyX30uAnJ0rIQ2-21COurbHTDDbXQYzidJuzPD3Zm4L1aMqnLiao550tKMcOoXnghrHm5ICrMRKPvIQ/s320/proc10.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42FbynpgAEn4qFzrLU-9dv0ZYbT6z9JviM4S3Oo9FHk6woYlrn59wGRMi-MVIcGoKZ5kUTCh7yh6ssK9blr_S4Ef5zBem2HD5ilM9p449_lE9rsPCrEGr7nqFQx_yL9fWmwi5vCHCU4E/s1600/tanksig2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42FbynpgAEn4qFzrLU-9dv0ZYbT6z9JviM4S3Oo9FHk6woYlrn59wGRMi-MVIcGoKZ5kUTCh7yh6ssK9blr_S4Ef5zBem2HD5ilM9p449_lE9rsPCrEGr7nqFQx_yL9fWmwi5vCHCU4E/s320/tanksig2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoy9Uc50QqimlBTZrS-MlqejYFIRk2VNAMh0eQ1B7TqI4Xzj3t3DVgWknwAu5ZbGe6aGkr8GiH2syKzZHq0SyTqxLyFuSF1pEqgsl5Z5k9sIxYRO4WvSlncC_FrqulD4WMu6XR14UCsg/s1600/tank09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoy9Uc50QqimlBTZrS-MlqejYFIRk2VNAMh0eQ1B7TqI4Xzj3t3DVgWknwAu5ZbGe6aGkr8GiH2syKzZHq0SyTqxLyFuSF1pEqgsl5Z5k9sIxYRO4WvSlncC_FrqulD4WMu6XR14UCsg/s320/tank09.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cant wait to start casting my tanks! Found this one on FB this morning. Check out the link for detailed pix of the engraving process.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://ottocarter.com/godspeed.htm">http://ottocarter.com/godspeed.htm</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-7131797362414925042011-04-20T11:11:00.000-07:002011-04-20T11:23:25.225-07:00A few things that I'm gonna cast first!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBAoz8ToJvYevL8-UMuJXlJWs4XD2pbIuBuQ0E2drs-lgbu6SzFmtHe7FPheOxoItOjmO5W046tx5pGTT-WJZlRVOjke6b7MDrw3t7rxK8cCbi1bWg8ANiFuhhUbqOSHB60EBTMUwnhU/s1600/rd400elec014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBAoz8ToJvYevL8-UMuJXlJWs4XD2pbIuBuQ0E2drs-lgbu6SzFmtHe7FPheOxoItOjmO5W046tx5pGTT-WJZlRVOjke6b7MDrw3t7rxK8cCbi1bWg8ANiFuhhUbqOSHB60EBTMUwnhU/s320/rd400elec014.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNsyhw5_pI7SFHfCdmhOeKcE9D15I007xfS-NOoJLV8i3bCFCfa6r0-uk5dmMJJ6D36TRvOeFZ2B3gqdmP3WLGlHju1F4ofQ0gYRXvLtAS8lYKDlY2XvX_FrxXhLYS25U3XwvYQR56mA/s1600/RD400002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNsyhw5_pI7SFHfCdmhOeKcE9D15I007xfS-NOoJLV8i3bCFCfa6r0-uk5dmMJJ6D36TRvOeFZ2B3gqdmP3WLGlHju1F4ofQ0gYRXvLtAS8lYKDlY2XvX_FrxXhLYS25U3XwvYQR56mA/s320/RD400002.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>The tank, seat, and faring for my RD400 project will one day be polished aluminum. I'll also be making side covers to fit the new rear end. I'm thinking, I'll just make the side covers out of plastic for now. The tank and seat have a bad fit up so my plan is to make an oil bag for the two stroke oil to fit the gap. The cast tank will have the oil tank inside. I'll also be taking a few inches out of its width to show some engine fins, and to make it fit up to the seat better.</strong></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-66900518322942295752011-04-20T08:57:00.000-07:002011-04-20T09:09:18.515-07:00Making Hydro forming dies?I came across a question about hydro forming two stroke exhaust pipes on a motorcycle forum the other day. <a href="http://www.usa2strokers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=37366&title=hydroforming-stamped-pipes-school">http://www.usa2strokers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=37366&title=hydroforming-stamped-pipes-school</a><br />
One of the guys replies got me thinking about casting a die mold to help form the pipe. Man, I was up all night last Sunday thinking about this. By using a die, you could make the parts come out identical to one another no problem. At the moment, I'm thinking a bronze die with an aluminum backing cast on to it. Just another thing I want to do. I better live a long time so I can get half the stuff I want to do done!<br />
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Heres a link to a set of pipes being hydro formed. Neat stuff!<br />
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Haha! When I started a thread over on the metal casting site about the idea, all the replies had to do with one guys avatar.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iEQqwSQSe2u0clXKry09ieqGNLX3njEtG-zzH3CuIRb7JkyS7cxUEYoKCFTGN0JeGrTpR7AelHs9dpOrLY43npSieJLUvxTFNQBKwWy9salHKUzLQ3m_HQouiOhlTsEIrWt1K-ViHTQ/s1600/ARD_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iEQqwSQSe2u0clXKry09ieqGNLX3njEtG-zzH3CuIRb7JkyS7cxUEYoKCFTGN0JeGrTpR7AelHs9dpOrLY43npSieJLUvxTFNQBKwWy9salHKUzLQ3m_HQouiOhlTsEIrWt1K-ViHTQ/s320/ARD_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure Ive mentioned ARD before. Nobody makes them, are rarer than hens teeth, and twice as espensive.</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-10418153683667123512011-03-11T00:36:00.000-08:002011-03-11T00:36:04.303-08:00Wishing the best for all our metal casting brothers out there dealing with the earthquake and tsunami!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocgny-TRFmzRg1H6i_4JODmGHeOB5SMuVdz-OsYEazpT5LSjhEljXlmbOCei30RcnEIgNnOIpAda-PP4TqYL-QpZzvEpFByPAhQjzuNCipbCGzhIDABC7htN-p9uRfN94XSa_cRcq_8k/s1600/Tsunami-Destroyed-Motorbike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocgny-TRFmzRg1H6i_4JODmGHeOB5SMuVdz-OsYEazpT5LSjhEljXlmbOCei30RcnEIgNnOIpAda-PP4TqYL-QpZzvEpFByPAhQjzuNCipbCGzhIDABC7htN-p9uRfN94XSa_cRcq_8k/s320/Tsunami-Destroyed-Motorbike.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-5651243265497142722011-03-07T13:08:00.000-08:002011-03-07T13:10:14.925-08:00These guys are making some sweet castings! Junk Motor Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWkOI6YfpbQ8JC9PUVOrReDptmq_y6-BGjnYQ5N8VAjQQ2u0rEk8PW37kSK-f7Kdvln-YW3KJcgZfggOVVpduvoXf6YZ4yMEAA0aPqeXiqIKeyy2f09qo_0bBZ9HZ2ZbF55g7mX7O-hw/s1600/DSCN2951+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWkOI6YfpbQ8JC9PUVOrReDptmq_y6-BGjnYQ5N8VAjQQ2u0rEk8PW37kSK-f7Kdvln-YW3KJcgZfggOVVpduvoXf6YZ4yMEAA0aPqeXiqIKeyy2f09qo_0bBZ9HZ2ZbF55g7mX7O-hw/s320/DSCN2951+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://junkmotor.blogspot.com/">http://junkmotor.blogspot.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://junkmotor.blogspot.com/"></a>My buddy Keven commented a few posts down about these guys making gas tanks cast from Aluminum, so I had to check it out this morning. Went threw every page in their blog b4 I noticed the translate bar on top of the page! Hahaha! Looks as though they have been casting seats and bird deflectors for some time now. Cant weight to see how they mount the Aluminum tanks. Good stuff from our motorcycle casting brothers in Japan! Go check it out!</div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-7953766111937248662011-03-06T18:51:00.000-08:002011-03-06T18:51:41.114-08:00Just for you guys who think I'm crazy for wanting to cast Aluminum gas tanks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6fJ4g2UO6f2KvMsVsgZF59DAwJzNTYBFhh96jWLNiLQCsIMOC2eO20eGt7IaDpj6KEDIimyhn2KTfs31mEt-AaNEYc2XAg49flAIQR-K9g9Q5AlYQG6cEAW4Zay48Ju86Q9iBADP4rU/s1600/cast+tank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6fJ4g2UO6f2KvMsVsgZF59DAwJzNTYBFhh96jWLNiLQCsIMOC2eO20eGt7IaDpj6KEDIimyhn2KTfs31mEt-AaNEYc2XAg49flAIQR-K9g9Q5AlYQG6cEAW4Zay48Ju86Q9iBADP4rU/s320/cast+tank.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Found this link today. The bike is bitchen, and I was thinking, another example of a pounded aluminum sheet tank. WRONG! I got farther down the page and saw the familiar parting line of a sand cast tank! Fuck yes, and it IS bad ass! Click the link for the build story and more pix!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,5849.0.html">http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,5849.0.html</a></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-41601468790871266812011-03-06T13:10:00.000-08:002011-03-06T13:10:26.522-08:00Old cast Finned Triumph Timing side cover.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2paisNH3ARf2wNS-6oDlbjON7miM6nmhXh5B_CF6gqsiKDTJefHlamiww2FuR44tuvuZQDIQEVWrThPq1kWvx5z3UeenUzfET1FDuYBM4ce_VfvcxzFR6P48ElLTL4ZYhZtfBkNzp0RI/s1600/davis2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2paisNH3ARf2wNS-6oDlbjON7miM6nmhXh5B_CF6gqsiKDTJefHlamiww2FuR44tuvuZQDIQEVWrThPq1kWvx5z3UeenUzfET1FDuYBM4ce_VfvcxzFR6P48ElLTL4ZYhZtfBkNzp0RI/s320/davis2.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stole this pic from the Nostalgia on Wheels blog. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nostalgiaonwheels.blogspot.com/2008/02/mike-davis-original-finned-timing-cover.html">http://nostalgiaonwheels.blogspot.com/2008/02/mike-davis-original-finned-timing-cover.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I really like the way the fins are set up here! This is a fine example of how I would like to have the fins turn out on all the stuff I'm casting. </div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-48627802319919287662011-03-06T12:43:00.000-08:002011-03-06T12:43:06.541-08:00One way to make a mold.<object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-3IBuyfFGw0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-3IBuyfFGw0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="390"></embed></object>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-41176757926418798462011-03-06T12:15:00.001-08:002011-03-06T12:15:39.136-08:00Great link!<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/7111165/Foseco-NonFerrous-Foundrymans-Handbook-11-Ed">http://www.scribd.com/doc/7111165/Foseco-NonFerrous-Foundrymans-Handbook-11-Ed</a>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-38505319313144528562011-03-04T15:50:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:30:38.800-08:00Enough Hens teeth already!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty7Yf11NSHjQWNc0zmVrAHuIF1uOqMayN9Pw5dECqE4rvRkcDHr4vpsy25cA4GecnPrCcCcM3vYGZM0sGkOVwpqLuFl_mxuS6uQgXjw_xULCNNCvLjkdUlnqGvL-hEDUdxFC_Nj7unkk/s1600/33401_010+%25281%2529ard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty7Yf11NSHjQWNc0zmVrAHuIF1uOqMayN9Pw5dECqE4rvRkcDHr4vpsy25cA4GecnPrCcCcM3vYGZM0sGkOVwpqLuFl_mxuS6uQgXjw_xULCNNCvLjkdUlnqGvL-hEDUdxFC_Nj7unkk/s320/33401_010+%25281%2529ard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>How long has it been since one of these were made? If ya got one of the original ARDs hold on to it! I wont be casting the logo on mine. They also wont be selling at platinum prices either! Don't think I'm forgetting you Honda guys here! More on that on a later date.<br />
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Nuff said that there will be 4 castings, molds, etc, for one deal as seen in this pic, with at least three additional coated steel inserts that may have to be cast. Probably better off as a machine shop process, but non the less, a steel part cast inside an aluminum part will cause the aluminum to decompose. More research for me to do.Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-85183887013404686532011-03-03T10:46:00.000-08:002011-03-03T10:46:20.823-08:00I'm still sick as a dog today, and the brain cells are under attack from this fever, so I wont be writing anything today, but here's a cool video!<object width="480" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGuVVyj6YtY?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGuVVyj6YtY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="390"></embed></object> <br />
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Notice how he filled the larger molds first, and then dumped the rest into an ingot form. Also how he used a smaller mold to weigh down the cope on a larger mold. Fine example of how to do it the right way!<br />
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PS. I also LOVE his furnace!Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290222122396730626.post-20360020078736207532011-03-02T10:23:00.000-08:002011-03-02T10:23:58.780-08:00MPD Sportster Primary Cover.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjogWVjJDjtVac4f9YO8KPTQ00m3GiVC1NhchM3_MIeIt-idFnUzyilyCYzSRjgkXnpywZjh3AYTGmo_hczN7e9oeMWY831SoZK7PyngdOPDCLMnBxv4s8M8ezn7NMCk8ExRd47zZ3-M/s1600/MAGNUS%257E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjogWVjJDjtVac4f9YO8KPTQ00m3GiVC1NhchM3_MIeIt-idFnUzyilyCYzSRjgkXnpywZjh3AYTGmo_hczN7e9oeMWY831SoZK7PyngdOPDCLMnBxv4s8M8ezn7NMCk8ExRd47zZ3-M/s320/MAGNUS%257E1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I came down with something yesterday, and am sick as a dog today, so all I'm gonna do today is post this pic I stole of the interweb and go back to bed with my Dayquil. Good night...</strong></div>Blue Collar Motos Metal Foundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877289996980394233noreply@blogger.com3