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Title: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/13/13 at 08:55:21 What would be some projects you'd do to your bike? These are two capabilities I now have in my shop. I picked up a stick welder a year ago and have been learning and practicing. I picked up a powder coating system a few months ago but haven't used it yet. I do have sweet lighted and ventilated paint booth setup that I use for applying duracoat and cerakote to firearms. Its a 4ft cube that allows both suspension of parts from above as well various bases that hold items props up items from above and allow the items to be turned and held at various angles for proper coverage. Which of course durable firearm coatings opens up another durable coating option on bike stuff. Anyhow, if you had these options what would you do with them? |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by arteacher on 01/13/13 at 10:37:23 I would probably powder coat the spokes black. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by ZAR on 01/13/13 at 10:59:34 colored rims and spokes in the 1920-1940's style!!! |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by Serowbot on 01/13/13 at 11:17:02 First,.. there would no paint on my bike,... powdercoat everything, now painted black... Second,... an up-swept exhaust along the left side above the belt... strut mount my rear fender,.. .. and maybe a small rack over the fender, coming off the frame behind the seat... :-?... and that's all fer' now... :-?... ... and,.. if I could bend pipe,.. I'd make some old school handlebars... semi-standard shape but with slow curve bends instead of the angular bends you see in bars now... ... and an old school, U-shaped fork brace... :-? :-? :-?... http://img0093.popscreencdn.com/120084584_interam-aluminum-vintage-handlebar-bar-triumph-sled-flat.jpg |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/13/13 at 12:32:10 Ability to bend pipe would be sweet. I also parkerize everything before painting. I'll do the same before powder coating. Parkerizing cost very little, is super easy to do and I think creates the best surface on steel to accept paint or coatings. What are max temp ranges for powdercoated metal? Would exhaust pipe heat shields be too hot? Maybe at the point where the clamps for the heat shields are mounted. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by WD on 01/13/13 at 13:31:40 Eastwood has exhaust component powders, or they used to anyway. Pipe bender? Shoot me a sketch of what you want bent up, I've got an old (USA made old) Ridgid pipe vise with manual bender slots/holes. I work cheap... handlebars run a couple cases worth of PBR tall boys... ;D Not saying I'll make them but... Works good for solid round bar parts too... U shaped fender brace? Know anybody with an old crusty VW air cooled era bumper... just about right... my tracker project is getting Super Beetle bumper sourced fender parts... I love having tons of scrap metal to play with... and a forge... welders... cutting tools... lots of free time because it is too muddy to get any real work done on the farm... |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/13/13 at 14:18:12 Thanks, WD. I'll check with Eastwood I figure for now parts on my 8 yo bike that don't have any signs of rust I may leave alone. But parts that have any at all, such as rear shock coils, handlebars, inside of exhaust cover, etc., I'll blast, parkerize then paint. I've got stainless steel color and black on hand. Does regular powdercoat paint have the flexibility to move with the shock coils or is there an elastic additive that is needed? |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by WD on 01/13/13 at 16:38:07 As best I can recall, shock springs are just plain old powder coat since there isn't that much movement, and it is spread out over the whole spring. Unless you have a progressively wound type, like the Ceriani units on my 250 Scrambler. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/13/13 at 17:27:08 It does seem like there are a lot of them out there that are powdercoated and don't really remember seeing one with the paint failing nor come across any emphasis for special coatings for them. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by hexnut on 01/13/13 at 18:02:29 gone fishing |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by Paraquat on 01/14/13 at 06:13:52 If I'm building a car I care about I will powdercoat everything. On my Spyder I did the whole rear subframe, every motor mount, intake manifold, throttle body, all the reservoirs, especially the valve cover. --Steve |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by HoustonBussa on 01/14/13 at 19:34:33 Powder coat a frame. Cut and weld forward controls and custom pegs |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/15/13 at 06:55:02 I feel like I got a late Christmas surprise! You see, my mean streak 1600 was pretty heavily modified with quality aftermarket parts by the previous owner. Pretty much anything that was available aftermarket-wise that would improve the bike the previous owner installed. It's been fun figuring it all out since I wasn't very familiar with this bike model before. I bought it at a bike shop, not directly from the previous owner. Anyhow, last night I'm looking at the rear shocks and toying with the idea off powdercoating them. I go to the computer to look up pics of my model whose owners powdercoated their stock shocks. Then it dawned on me that my rear shocks are different than all those pics I'm looking at. Dude installed Progressive 412 shocks to both lower the rear and improve the ride. Yippee!!! Merry Christmas to me!!! |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by RidgeRunner13 on 01/15/13 at 07:37:50 Been welding for years, both my bikes have custom trailer hitches I made myself. Getting set up to powdercoat. I bought the Harbor Freight powder coat set But haven'tgot to use it yet. Got an oven given to me so will be able to do anything that will fit. However, due to a small fire last year that I caught & put out myself, (nothing ike being prepared with hose ready to go & fire extinguishers) I'm currently having to rewire my shop & can do neither. Hope to get finished with that within the next month so I can get to some welding projects that are piling up done. Then I will be able to try my hand at powder coating. http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n94/Pappygt13/V-StarMods437.jpg |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/15/13 at 08:26:45 Nice job. Sweet looking setup. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/16/13 at 05:34:40 I'm thinking I'll start with powdercoating the rear shock coils. I've seen those shock disassembly tools. I've also sen the ones people have made in their shop. Have any of you made one? |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by srinath on 01/16/13 at 05:54:07 6C61696567666C626165080 wrote:
A savage needs to be goose necked. 2" on top, 4" on the bottom should do it. You then put a front end off a dirt bike like a mid 80's KX250 or the DR/RM ones, that has under 1/2" offset ... so it will handle like a cruiser ... instead of a wheel barrow. And look like a chopper. Cool. Srinath. |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by diamond jim on 01/16/13 at 06:30:59 Good info there Sri. But I think your post was meant for Dave. Coffee not kicked in yet? |
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Title: Re: If you coould weld and powdercoat... Post by Cavi Mike on 01/16/13 at 08:25:18 Wheels. Most definitely powdercoat the wheels. |
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