Bob Kelly III
Ranch Kid from way back,.... that got Old !
Hi All...
EDIT....Thanks to gggGary I know know that the pipe i used was not PVC as I state in this build its actually 2" ABS schedual 40 pipe.......
....
the side plate I made was the small Lower sideplate on the lower left side of my 83'Heritage special.
its Mostly flat and a simple sheet of flat aluminum would have done it ....but We can't have that!
we gott'a do it the HARD way !!!!!! LOL
so here's How I did it .....( if anyone cares )
......
I started out by taking the right side lower off to get the measurments from it
its the exact same on the right side except it's clip posts are positioned diferently and its reversed
.... but the basic shape is the same...... an out'a skew rectangle ! LOL
.... I scrounged up a piece of 2" i.d. ABS pipe from the back of the shop ,
( old water line or air vent for plumbing )..... I cut the ABS pipe about 1/2" longer than needed
and then Cut it in half on ine side lengthwise.... being about 12" long .....
I then heated it with my propane torch ( a high heat hot air gun would be much better for this)
and then started flattening it out and un rolling the pipe.... once the ABS was warm enough and Floppy i set it on the concrete floor and put a bar bell weight on it to hold it flat..... as it turned out I didn't get it near hot enough at this stage and should have taken more time to make it nice and flat.... but I didn't
..... anyway, once flat I traced the other side's shape onto the ABS sheet that was about 8"x12" aprox.
and then cut the shape out with tin snips being sure to leave 1/2" of over hang on the top and front sides for the lip....
then I heated the PVC again at the overhang areas and bent them to 90 degrees
this left a 1/ 4" portion in the top front corner that stuck out... heating that good and hot ( trying not to let it catch fire) I then pinched that portion in the vice to trim it off and rounder the corner good with my hands....
I then took a piece of scrap and bent it over after heating it and then welded it to the piece with the soldering iron and that took quite a while....
as uou can see it looks pirty Knarley right now most of it's surface is pitted where it cought fire with the torch..... and it's just plain UGLY !
I measured carefully for the first post of ABS and got it right in the right place..... trimmed it and filed it to fit the rubber gromet on the bike...it snapped in and out tighter than the original did.
I then put on the 2nd ABS post...albe it in the wrong spot.....
and I had to move it closer to the bottom edge and shorten it a bunch....
this post was 3 layers of ABS a bent in half piece and a strip added to it. squeexed together in the vice a bit to let cool.....
cutting it off was done with the soldering iron and welding it back on was done with the soldering iron as well.... stabbing the flattened end of the soldering iron into the sideplate and the post at the same time and then flattening the mushroom of plastic when done I did add a bit more ABS from left over scrap to build up the under cut created from the weld ....
here's the finished welding....
once I had filed the pins to fit the Gromets and oiled them so they would slide on easier I put it on....
and another view....
.....OBVIOUSLY I have more tweeking to do !
I heated the side plate with the torch again on both sides so I could bend that front edge in some
and try to get it flush , instead of sticking out so far.....
and here's the results....
.... Yes it's UGLY as Sin but with glazeing compound or body filler it can be made to be purdy !!!
I'll add a picture of the finished product when it's finally painted shinie black !
.... See..... it can be done the Hard way ! ...and it cost me nothing but time !
Bob..........LOL
EDIT....Thanks to gggGary I know know that the pipe i used was not PVC as I state in this build its actually 2" ABS schedual 40 pipe.......
....
the side plate I made was the small Lower sideplate on the lower left side of my 83'Heritage special.
its Mostly flat and a simple sheet of flat aluminum would have done it ....but We can't have that!
we gott'a do it the HARD way !!!!!! LOL
so here's How I did it .....( if anyone cares )
......
I started out by taking the right side lower off to get the measurments from it
its the exact same on the right side except it's clip posts are positioned diferently and its reversed
.... but the basic shape is the same...... an out'a skew rectangle ! LOL
.... I scrounged up a piece of 2" i.d. ABS pipe from the back of the shop ,
( old water line or air vent for plumbing )..... I cut the ABS pipe about 1/2" longer than needed
and then Cut it in half on ine side lengthwise.... being about 12" long .....
I then heated it with my propane torch ( a high heat hot air gun would be much better for this)
and then started flattening it out and un rolling the pipe.... once the ABS was warm enough and Floppy i set it on the concrete floor and put a bar bell weight on it to hold it flat..... as it turned out I didn't get it near hot enough at this stage and should have taken more time to make it nice and flat.... but I didn't
..... anyway, once flat I traced the other side's shape onto the ABS sheet that was about 8"x12" aprox.
and then cut the shape out with tin snips being sure to leave 1/2" of over hang on the top and front sides for the lip....
then I heated the PVC again at the overhang areas and bent them to 90 degrees
this left a 1/ 4" portion in the top front corner that stuck out... heating that good and hot ( trying not to let it catch fire) I then pinched that portion in the vice to trim it off and rounder the corner good with my hands....
I then took a piece of scrap and bent it over after heating it and then welded it to the piece with the soldering iron and that took quite a while....
as uou can see it looks pirty Knarley right now most of it's surface is pitted where it cought fire with the torch..... and it's just plain UGLY !
I measured carefully for the first post of ABS and got it right in the right place..... trimmed it and filed it to fit the rubber gromet on the bike...it snapped in and out tighter than the original did.
I then put on the 2nd ABS post...albe it in the wrong spot.....
and I had to move it closer to the bottom edge and shorten it a bunch....
this post was 3 layers of ABS a bent in half piece and a strip added to it. squeexed together in the vice a bit to let cool.....
cutting it off was done with the soldering iron and welding it back on was done with the soldering iron as well.... stabbing the flattened end of the soldering iron into the sideplate and the post at the same time and then flattening the mushroom of plastic when done I did add a bit more ABS from left over scrap to build up the under cut created from the weld ....
here's the finished welding....
once I had filed the pins to fit the Gromets and oiled them so they would slide on easier I put it on....
and another view....
.....OBVIOUSLY I have more tweeking to do !
I heated the side plate with the torch again on both sides so I could bend that front edge in some
and try to get it flush , instead of sticking out so far.....
and here's the results....
.... Yes it's UGLY as Sin but with glazeing compound or body filler it can be made to be purdy !!!
I'll add a picture of the finished product when it's finally painted shinie black !
.... See..... it can be done the Hard way ! ...and it cost me nothing but time !
Bob..........LOL
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