Category: My Parts

First Stampings of the ‘Star’

Yep, the day has arrived, when I can see the results of my first ‘remote’ job being completed. As an industrial pattern-maker, my main line is making ‘wooden’ patterns for castings (not always really wooden and these days I’m working hard on some CAD to get stuff CNC’d). Due to a change in family circumstances,…


Velocette Mudguards and Stays

Something else I need to either make or find a reliable source for! Have a good look at the picture…again! Open and close your eyes a few times to get it right…it’s the INSIDE of the main rear mudguard for the KSS, kindly loaned for measuring up by a good friend, Keith. This picture (got…


Now Trading Officially!

The change was subtle, almost unnoticeable, actually. You won’t have noticed anything anymore than I did. A bit like a birthday, actually: “What does it feel like to be 56?” (or whatever) Actually no different to 32 ( – or any other age I could mention – except that my body has ways of reminding…


A Quick 50W Update

ZAP! This is main beam of the 50W setup, through the fluted, flat lens And this the dipped beam. Out on the street, this looked quite different: Main: …and dipped-beam, again: Projected through these eyes. The problem over the last few days is, that it has been wet, and so the light reacts very differently…


My Startup News

Been wondering why there has not been so much blog activity recently? There has been an awful lot going on in the background, and while it was happening, I didn’t want to make any premature announcements, in case things didn’t go quite according to plan… As it happens, more has actually gone according to plan,…


Let There Be Light!

And By GOLLY, there WAS! My goodness, how time flies! Has it really been six weeks since I did a blog! Unforgivable! Lots has been going on, I must admit, so I sort of forgive myself, even if you don’t! One of my preoccupations has been with lighting. I managed to find someone willing to…


More Parts from the Painters

All sorts of ‘goodies’! The last two weeks have passed like lightning, as just one or two changes have occurred and there have been new plans afoot, a few parts have been returned from various ‘service providers’ and Christmas has come early this year, too! In Australia, we often see ‘Christmas in July’ parties, but…


Split Cases?

A while ago, I threatened to split the cases… as the next logical step after taking the gearbox apart, I think? Well, it wasn’t quite as easy as that. That was at least the plan, but it had one slight hitch… I started by taking all three of the screws out that were holding the…


It’s a Hercus!!

New member of the family… Yesterday it finally happened. I’ve been pacing around like an expectant father for the last week, as I have been looking for a lathe for a while now, and last week I went to see one that finally fit the bill (or rather, the budget!). A ‘used’ looking 9” Hercus…


Buffed Ally Covers etc.

Just a short one today, as nothing else seems to be moving at the moment, I decided to play in the workshop again, as the weather was so fine (27°!) I thought that I’d work on making a few things ‘pretty’…so a clean up of a few parts was on the cards. Not wishing to…