The Norda

[grouchie83]

Manual mills are really flexible. I've done similar to drill new holes in a mount stand. It was actually tall enough to sit on the floor and the vise just held it in place. It just gets to be a hassle to move the head, then move it back and re square it.

When I was in trade school they made us tram in the head and if a vise is mounted, that too, every class before we even touched the power button. Even if all we had to do was pop a hole in something real quick. Annoying at first but made good practice, now it only takes me 30 seconds or so to tram a vise in on the mill. Kinda kills me when we get a new "CNC guy" at work who never touched a manual mill. Then proceeds to ram the spindle right into the workpiece.

 

[Ratranger]

When I was in trade school they made us tram in the head and if a vise is mounted, that too, every class before we even touched the power button. Even if all we had to do was pop a hole in something real quick. Annoying at first but made good practice, now it only takes me 30 seconds or so to tram a vise in on the mill. Kinda kills me when we get a new "CNC guy" at work who never touched a manual mill. Then proceeds to ram the spindle right into the workpiece.

Squaring a vise up is pretty fast, same as dialing in a 4 jaw. Tramming the head takes a bit longer.

To drill and tap the pinch bolt holes on the triple I had to mount my vise of its side. Took me longer to tap the triple in vertical than it did to square the vise.

 

[Ratranger]

Once bearings get here and I do some finish work the triples will be done.

 

[Ratranger]

Front axle and nut are basically finished. This will let me run the gt750 wheel with forks designed for a 20mm axle. All that's left is checking actual bearing fit and polishing it to final diameter.

 

[Ratranger]

It's always nice when parts play together the way you wanted. Cbr600f4i forks, custom triples, stem and axle all to work with the gt750 hub. Waiting on bearings to fit it to the frame.

 

[grouchie83]

I like those billet clamps.

 

[Ratranger]

I like those billet clamps.

Thanks, being a machinist has it's advantages. They have the norton 2 1/4 offset, and the spacing was set to fit the hub with no spacers.

 

[grouchie83]

Thanks, being a machinist has it's advantages. They have the norton 2 1/4 offset, and the spacing was set to fit the hub with no spacers.

If you can't buy it, you can make it. That's what got me interested in it.

 

[Ratranger]

If you can't buy it, you can make it. That's what got me interested in it.

Pretty much the same for me. I had wanted a mill and lathe for years, because there were things I wanted that couldn't be bought. When my time in the army was ending I was looking around and found being a machinist could pay the bills. Then I looked into how to get into the field. It came down to apprenticeship, hard to get into, starting as an assistant and working up, not good pay and no guarantee, or tech school. Don't get me wrong, tech school only teaches the basics so it only gets your foot in the door. But it makes it easier to get into decent jobs

 

[willis]

Boy that’s looking good! Well done.

 

[atom4488]

Interesting near-seamless blend of new and old tech...the billet triples and large diameter axle puts that front end in the current millennium, but at a distance looks vintage. Well done!

 

[zrx1100]

Went to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. In the middle of one of the pavilions they have their workshop where they make all of their experiments and demos. Would love to have a pass to use it.

Pretty much the same for me. I had wanted a mill and lathe for years, because there were things I wanted that couldn't be bought. When my time in the army was ending I was looking around and found being a machinist could pay the bills. Then I looked into how to get into the field. It came down to apprenticeship, hard to get into, starting as an assistant and working up, not good pay and no guarantee, or tech school. Don't get me wrong, tech school only teaches the basics so it only gets your foot in the door. But it makes it easier to get into decent jobs

 

[Ratranger]

Interesting near-seamless blend of new and old tech...the billet triples and large diameter axle puts that front end in the current millennium, but at a distance looks vintage. Well done!

Thanks. I'm going to shave the brake mounts off the forks before the bike is done. That'll help clean up the look a bit more.

Boy that’s looking good! Well done.

Thanks, I'm always trying to do better than I did before.

Went to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. In the middle of one of the pavilions they have their workshop where they make all of their experiments and demos. Would love to have a pass to use it.

I'd love to have one of those monarch 10ee lathes. They are so much more rigid than the atlas.

 

[Jim]

I'm going to shave the brake mounts off the forks before the bike is done. That'll help clean up the look a bit more.

What's the plan for attaching the brake stays?

 

[Ratranger]

What's the plan for attaching the brake stays?

I bought a damaged lower off ebay cheap, I'm going to see if welding a tab on is feasible. I know people have welded caliper mounts to forks, so I should be able to weld brake stay mounts on. I'll use the cheap damaged lower to test it, if I ruin it no loss. if that happens I'll make a clamp on brake stay combined with a fender mount.

 

[Jim]

I've heard tell of welding the lowers too. I was always worried that welding will distort it. Be interesting to see what you find out.

 

[Ratranger]

I've heard tell of welding the lowers too. I was always worried that welding will distort it. Be interesting to see what you find out.

Yep, that's my concern too. But thankfully ebay makes it easy to buy cheap damaged parts to experiment on. I figure a $30 lower will let me test welding a mount on, check for distortion, and then if it's good practice a few more before doing the good forks.