Thursday, January 22, 2009

Removal

I rough machined the backside of the generator mount on my Sportster cases today:

Before (post welds):

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Finding the center of the hole, to be concentric with the center of the spindle on my milling machine:

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Using my boring head as a surfacing tool:

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And all done for now:

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I'll probably finish the rest by hand. I only wanted to remove the majority of the excess weld bead, not get it totally flat and smooth. I accomplished exactly what I meant to. Why didn't I know how to do this stuff years ago?

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