750cc pushrod bike build

[OhioFatboy]

bike looks great randy, you gonna make it to the salt

[Rchop]

Like the fairing ... perfect for a V-Twin ... please post the mounting system you devise for it ... Joe

Will do, Joe.

bike looks great randy, you gonna make it to the salt

Thanks, unfortunately I won't get salty this year. Looking forward to next year though.

[Rchop]

I finally healed up after my little shop accident and got back to work. I'm not going to make the September Maxton meet but October will be fine. The tail fairing and battery have been installed. The shifter has been fabricated and installed with the side stand. I have a couple more brackets and chain covers  to make along with a small chin fairing to protect the front of the gas tank. Then, it will all come apart for final welding and gussets...


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[1212FBGS]

so randy

we could use a good laugh..... what kind of little shop accident?

inquiring minds need to know laugh!

kent

[Rchop]

so randy

we could use a good laugh..... what kind of little shop accident?

inquiring minds need to know laugh!

kent

Typical dumb as* mistake Kent. I was cutting some angle iron in the vise using the angle grinder with a 4 inch cut-off wheel.



The steel moved in the vise and I grabbed it with my left hand to steady it while holding the grinder with the right. When I got to the last 1/8 inch, the blade grabbed the steel and it threw the grinder/cut-off wheel into my left forearm and then into my chest. It wrapped itself up in my t-shirt and I couldn't turn it off. As I reached down to pull the
plug, I saw this on the floor...



A quick trip to the emergency room and 9 stitches in my left forearm solved the problem :|

[sabat]

Oh, that's no so funny. Glad you are OK.

[Rchop]

Thanks Dean, It one of those things that you do a thousand times and then...

[1212FBGS]

come on chopz...... i was hoping for something funnier like.." i then woke up on the floor bleeding like a stuck pig with the dog licking my face.... i could tell the look in the dogs eyes.... he was saying do it again you dumb azz do it again!"
love ya
Kent

[Freud]

Kent, you could write comedy for Jesse James next adventure.

FREUD

[Rchop]

Well, I wish I could blame this on you and Randy, Kent, but I own this one I still remember to never take piece of freshly welded metal for Mr (no working nerves in his hands) Randy Nelson  LOL, I learned that the hard way too!

[JimL]

Us clumsy ones are entertaining, that's for sure!  I was amazed they could find room in the palm of my right hand for 43 stitches....when all I was doing was reaching for an engine that was tipping off the cart.  When the doctor asked "what are these grooves between these two bones?", I told him, "I'm pretty sure 6mm by 1.0 thread pitch."

This reminds me of my "get rich quick plan" for a line of "Tim from Tooltime" tools:
- a hammer with insulated handle and slide in blue ice tube....so you can pop the handle bottom cap and stick your smashed thumb in the ice tube
- a screwdriver with a roll of pull-out butterfly bandages in the handle....nice for puncture wounds
- a box end wrench assortment with velcro loop strips near each end...to splint broken fingers right onto the wrench
- a step ladder with quick detachable back legs....that turn into crutches
- a chainsaw with quick disconnect starter cord...that serves as a tourniquet

...there must be more. 

Good to see your project going again, and nice to see pics of your shop!
Thanks!

JimL

[1212FBGS]

dude Ive had worse blamed on me than making a friend bleed..... actually you shouldn't stand really close to me when i work, kinda out of da impact zone as they would say.... hey ya know stuff happens.... stick to the dog part Randy.... chicks dig scarz ya know
Kent

[1212FBGS]

is that shift linkage PURPLE?
kr

[Rchop]

Thanks Jim, this is the first time I've had stitches from an accident in my 55 years!
Kent, I do know better than to stand around you when you're flogging a build (SOP) at the last minute LOL. I special ordered that linkage from Speedway Motors in "Airtech" purple, I figured you'd like it 

[John Noonan]

I would post a picture of my recent injury however Slim, OSHA or my insurance company might have an issue with it..


Glad to hear you will be OK Randy..

J