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Vintage Steel
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25.01.2022 Vincent valance manufacture. This is a few pictures of forming the inside safety and stiffening edge of the valance . The initial stage is done with an in house made custom roller set the the rest is formed with hammer work . Approx 400 hits with a set of panel hammers per side to get them exactly right
25.01.2022 Not our usual thing but a custom set of alloy guards for a pushbike
25.01.2022 Francis Barnett 1926 pair . Very rare I would think and these are on the way to the USA
25.01.2022 Indian 741 custom guards using the Indian 101 profile to look like a 1938 Chief set
25.01.2022 1910 Norton 633cc big 4 with a Nortoroc 2 speed rear hub front guard .
24.01.2022 Triumph 1937 to 1947 rear guards. 2 piece with a step down join and chain clearance pressing.Front guards are available
24.01.2022 Lincoln Elk 1913 . Very rare motorcycle and great that we can help to get this machine back on the road . Fully valanced with 2 riveted brackets and pressings for the fork clearance
23.01.2022 Triumph 1946 onwards front guard . Welded front bracket with fork clearance pressing and a moustache
21.01.2022 Vincent C Series valances . Enough for the 10 fronts and 10 rears . The 10 rear blades have started to curve now . With thanks to John for playing catcher on the back side of the rolling machine
21.01.2022 Having a couple of days off and a 3 day ride
21.01.2022 Triumph H model rear guard . The H model was made from 1915 to 1923 . 2 small rear valances to stop the water and mud and horse !!@$^^^$ leaving a drag strip up your back
20.01.2022 Test run on the valance tooling . 9 more to go for the front guards . Then pressings
20.01.2022 Vincent blanks starting to take shape. And more valances being cut
19.01.2022 Vincent C series front guards all finished . A long way and a lot of prossess to get to the final product . 10 sets ready to send out . Thanks to our good friend John for all the hrep to roll these
19.01.2022 Indian 101 custom rear fender . This one has a valance on each side so as it can have custom sign writing on it .
19.01.2022 Veteran sidecar guard . The owner didnt know what make the sidecar is but it will be mounted on a veteran Precision engined Australian made motorcycle
18.01.2022 Ajs 1920s 350 cc . One set of bigport and one set SV sports tourer .
17.01.2022 Vincent C series blank guards all now at radius Now the fun begins to seam join the valances
17.01.2022 Vincent C series rears This is the first 2 with vslances seamed in .Now for 8 more
17.01.2022 Norton 1920s flat tank front guard . The rear is in the back ground and will be finished shortly . Another great sporting machine that will be returned to the road
16.01.2022 Ariels ready for day 2
16.01.2022 1910 Norton with a Nortoroc rear hub . These are the start of the patterns to make new castings for the pedals that control the gearchange and the brake. The black lines are the tentative parting lines for the sand moulds
15.01.2022 Ariel 1950s rigid rear single piece guard . 6 welded tabs for the stay and the lifting handle. Chain clearance pressing at the nose end with a moustache on the tail end
15.01.2022 AJS 1920s bigport and SV mufflers
14.01.2022 3 pistons made and 2 AJS Bigport mufflers
14.01.2022 AJS 1924 350cc Sports Tourer front guard . Valanced and it has a skirt to help keep the water away from the forward magneto
14.01.2022 Vincent C series Rear guards all finished with pressings and 2 piece ready for hinges
13.01.2022 Vincent c series touring guards . This is how al our guards start . The valances are rough cut ready for accurate cutting now and the first sheet is ready to be cut to make the blank guards . When we are done there will be 10 fronts and 10 rears Ill post more picture of the whole process
13.01.2022 Triumph pre 1948 rear guards .2 piece step down join with a riveted joiner plate ,and chain pressings. These are going onto 2 prewar and a post war machines . Front guards are almost done as well
12.01.2022 AJS bigport muffler mould and 4 cores . More moulds tomorrow after work .
12.01.2022 AJS bigport muffler moulds getting close to finished along with 3 piston moulds for 1910 Triumphs
11.01.2022 Vincent C Series rear guard complete with all pressings. 9 to go
11.01.2022 Harley 1922 single piece rear fender. This one has the stays fitted which is not something we usually do due to the differances in frames etc .
11.01.2022 Vincent C Series rear chain clearance pressing . This is the initial press to form the step down nice and neat in the guard and valance
10.01.2022 We had a piston sieze in a 1910 Triumph and getting a piston made has been hard with all the shut downs so Louis drew us a pattern in 3D and printed it on his printer . A bit of finishing work so the sand core will work and hopefully on Sunday we will cast new one .
10.01.2022 This one is for you Louis Tooling development . Making the press tooling for the Triumph rear mudguards that are 2 piece and have a stepdown at the overlap join 1937 - 1947
10.01.2022 1926 Douglas EW front and rear guards . Stays left long for exact fitting by our customer
10.01.2022 Vincent sheet metal preparing the rolled edges . Most of the valances now cut n the background
09.01.2022 Vincent C series . The rear valances are welded together so when the safety edge and the seam joint are formed the tail and the nose sections are an exact match . The welds are cut out when the seaming is finished . The rear blades are now almost at radius .
09.01.2022 Triumoh 1937 - 38 front guards with centre mount bracket and a slight duck bill o the nose
09.01.2022 Vincent C series front guards . All 10 now with valances. Next step is to get the big heavey press tool out and make the fork pressings. This is where it can all go wrong.
07.01.2022 Wanderer 1922 front guard . Valanced each side with stiffeners to suport the skirt that the customer will add along with the centre mounting bracket . There is a pressing for the forks and also one on the top to give clearance for the main fork casting .
06.01.2022 AJS bigport alloy muffler This one suits 1923 /24 Bigport machines. This is the core mould filled with sand to make the casting hollow with the pattern beside it
04.01.2022 Norton 1920s rear guard . The matching rear guard for the front we posted an hour ago
03.01.2022 Windy Harbour and then inland through the big trees to Quindinnup pub for lunch .
02.01.2022 Pre 1948 run yesterday . Great weather no clouds, rain over night, great company and good asortment of machines
01.01.2022 Harley 1928 onwards fender set. The front fork pressing on these is differant to give clearance for the brake arm attatchment on the left hand side
