Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bars

Jay whipped up some bars today...a set of mitered narrow rabbit-ear bars for Sami in Finland, and a narrow set of 12" Apes for Brett in Minnesota.  


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Aluminum makes me happy

Barnstorm Cycles/SPCL '79 has been a long time sponsor of the WPI Robtics Teams, handling all of their aluminum welding needs. Here is a couple shots of a frame I just TIG'd for them. These things are crazy.  Its awesome to be a part of something a little different, but still very much about fabrication and design.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Progress







This is the start of a fully handmade aluminum tank I am doing for a Ducati Monster.  The material is 3003-H14 .080" Aluminum.  Once annealed, aluminum is pretty great to work with and shape.  And becuase its .080" thick, when the tank is done, there will still be plenty of material and thickness left for worry-free metal finishing. 
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Simple Hammer Form

.083" Annealed Aluminum


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Thursday, January 12, 2012

New Stuff!!

Make sure you check out The Barnstorm/SCPL '79 Big Cartel Site, we've got a some new products up....some new fab parts that we've designed for the garage builders out there, as well as some new Bar styles, Battery Box's and a new Headlight mount!

What harm can looking do?! ---->BarnstormCyclesSpecialseventynine.bigcartel

Here is a little preview:


Saturday, December 31, 2011

Pretty clever

In Mexico on a family vacation, found these faucets in one of the restaurants we ate at.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Cam Cover Modification

Started the cam cover trimming for the Barnstorm/SPCL '79 shop sportster project! Still some work to go.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Real deal rubber

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

A trim little mount

Stainless steel clutch cable adjuster stay
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Thursday, December 1, 2011