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<blockquote data-quote="cutting torch" data-source="post: 4923" data-attributes="member: 134">The fork swap has been (mostly) completed!Initially, I thought the triple clamp swap would be straight across from frame to frame, but I was wrong. The headset bearings are the same, and the head tubes were only different by 1/16. Well, race to race was a lot different, so I had to make a .200&quot; spacer to go between the spanner nut and the bearing. I'll need to make a better one later, but this one worked for the mockup and fab of the stops.You may be shocked by the following photo of how I made the spacer:<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0703-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />That was a plain old miter saw with a generic carbide contractor's blade. It cuts aluminum quite well. I cut aluminum on my tablesaw as well. I know, I'm nuts! As the pic shows, I did not cut all of the way through the bat to get the spacer I was looking to make. IF you decide to cut AL like this, and you are cutting off a small piece like my spacer, NEVER cut all the way through! If a blade tooth hooks it, it will fly like a bullet! Also, let the blade stop before you bring it back up through the cut.This is the rough cut spacer:<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0704-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />And this is where it went:<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0705-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />torch</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cutting torch, post: 4923, member: 134"] The fork swap has been (mostly) completed! Initially, I thought the triple clamp swap would be straight across from frame to frame, but I was wrong. The headset bearings are the same, and the head tubes were only different by 1/16. Well, race to race was a lot different, so I had to make a .200" spacer to go between the spanner nut and the bearing. I'll need to make a better one later, but this one worked for the mockup and fab of the stops. You may be shocked by the following photo of how I made the spacer: [img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0703-1.jpg[/img] That was a plain old miter saw with a generic carbide contractor's blade. It cuts aluminum quite well. I cut aluminum on my tablesaw as well. I know, I'm nuts! As the pic shows, I did not cut all of the way through the bat to get the spacer I was looking to make. IF you decide to cut AL like this, and you are cutting off a small piece like my spacer, NEVER cut all the way through! If a blade tooth hooks it, it will fly like a bullet! Also, let the blade stop before you bring it back up through the cut. This is the rough cut spacer: [img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0704-1.jpg[/img] And this is where it went: [img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/torch3/IMG_0705-1.jpg[/img] torch [/QUOTE]

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