Backyard-Millyard ebike.

[tri-lobe]

Hello Folks,
Here are some photo's of my very simple bike building jig.....pro's and purist's would probably say that's crap....but it DID work for me.....
Photp 1..the bits and pieces........Photo 2 bits and pieces in place........Photo 3 the frame used to give me angles and positions....I hope this helps.....

 

[jonathanm]

Thanks, yeah that's very helpful to see and very interesting......

Malcolm, thanks for the link, that is one hell of a thread!

I've made stuff in wood where the jigs and templates took 90% of the time, and the actual piece took 10%...so I guess it's no surprise that metal is no different.

The comparison to torquing down a cylinder head was a good one, and induced a genuine "ah, right!"

Another project is the last thing I need right now, but I just got some quotes for another project I need welded and it wouldn't be much more expensive to buy the welder and do it myself, lol. (minus the inevitable multiple cock ups, of course, )

 

[gtadmin]

@tri-lobe
That jig is way more engineered than mine was (actually calling mine a jig is stretching it)

...The comparison to torquing down a cylinder head was a good one, and induced a genuine "ah, right!" ...

Excellent, it's great when a concept "clicks". Usually I end up confusing everyone though Another analogy is tightening wheel nuts on your car.

GT

 

[Hillhater]

.... Another analogy is tightening wheel nuts on your car.

Crap ! ... are you supposed to tighten them ? ...... :lol:

 

[gtadmin]

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Crap ! ... are you supposed to tighten them ? ...... :lol:

Not on a Holden anyways :lol:

 

[AussieJester]

...
Crap ! ... are you supposed to tighten them ? ...... :lol:

Not on a Holden anyways :lol:

They fall off whether tight or not on Holdens

KiM

 

[gtadmin]

...
Crap ! ... are you supposed to tighten them ? ...... :lol:

Not on a Holden anyways :lol:

They fall off whether tight or not on Holdens

KiM

Yeah, that's what I was alluding to :lol: (but it almost happened to me on a Falcon coupe where someone had tried to rip-off my mags; I didn't notice until I was driving along and felt the arse end move about )

 

[heathyoung]

Yep - barely holden together...

I found out the hard way that it is indeed possible to drive on rear discs on a falcoon.

 

[Cicada]

Subscribed, such an amazing build, keep on!!!!

 

[LI-ghtcycle]

Great work! Looking forward to seeing more of the build. 8)

 

[beast775]

How the heck, did i miss this build .very nice frame,great angles, great for any type batteries.awesome.

 

[sn0wchyld]

hey trilobe, any update on this? 'twas a fantastic build, would love to see it up and running!!

 

[Alan B]

Nice frame design. Someday I'll have to learn to weld.

 

[jateureka]

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