Topic: CB550 or CB500 Aluminum Side Cover Castings (build?)

[wolf550]

if I get that far up into this with a business I would be investing in the metal 3d printers for this stuff and for fun get the mill equipment and go to town with as much stuff finned as I could handle. still have the starter delete plug in the works but where it is just the two ends that bolt into the engine and the starter cover itself

[wolf550]

forgot to throw up a pic of how massive these sand moulds are. these are 13x15 and the bottom is 3 inches deep while the top is 6.

[wolf550]

finally got through some of the fins but still far to go

[wolf550]

it was easier to use the angle grinder with thinner cut off wheel and just eye it.

[wolf550]

got the brazing rods on the way and went to pick up some propane and map gas from the local store for the front

[wolf550]

the tabs fit really good now alot of grinding to get the back top away from the seat latch

[wolf550]

after slotting the fins I went to work on the inside of each with 40 grit sanding disk. going to do a little more before hitting it with the rasp

[wolf550]

pretty sure the rods can build up enough to get the lip filled in but if not removing it the cover would still look good

[grcamna2]

That one's taking shape.

[wolf550]

thank grcamna2 if I was making more of these I would use the fins as a template to overlap the origina side cover so as to not have to remake but since this will be the end of the line I will let it go. I got 3 of the fins filed down mostly. after all of them are filed I can go back and finish them up depending on what gurp has in mind.

[wolf550]

going to see if I can keep enough fin to round off the tips

[wolf550]

im not sure about the bottom fin yet I will have to see how it looks with the rest of them completed

[wolf550]

had some time before the storms came rolling in to work on the fins

[wolf550]

once all of the scratches are taken out it should start to come together

[wolf550]

I think that this cover would look good having some contrast either painted and the fin interior left bare or a two tone for it but I will leave that up to gurp for this one

[wolf550]

still think it would look cool with the interior open

[Gurp]

It's coming out perfect. My plan is to run it completely bare just to show off the skill of its Creator. This 550 chopper has a few of your cast pieces and they really pop so well!

[wolf550]

Thanks gurp should be getting the rods next week and going to see about getting it finished up.

[wolf550]

had a little time to work on the cover getting alot of the grooves and divets sanded out

[wolf550]

once it get them out I can work on the inside

[wolf550]

I was going to grind down that bottom fin but it works

[wolf550]

Ill get those tabs drilled out to put some pins in them like the 750 side covers I did a while back

[RAFster122s]

Wolf that is some nice work... Custom cover, worth far more than anyone would reasonably pay...
Nice custom build that is resto-mod or a custom build with reengineered and custom touches like these side covers.
Some nice paintwork and you have some custom bling no one else has making the bike very unique, not the of how cool is my cookie cutter copy of everyone else's build ideas turning out custom bike that don't look very different than any other cafe or whatever type bike.
Those will look great when finished up as they already look incredible. Very nice work.

[wolf550]

thanks RAFster122s this has definitely come a long way from that first pic from the beer can days LOL! I can see when I am working on all of these pieces how a mill or a 3D printer or a CNC would give me the ability to mass produce everything but like everything I have made the little mistakes, deep grooves, thicker fins, casting pores I think it makes the pieces stand out and when I put the wolf550 on them Im glad that someone appreciated it enough to want it

[SF]

thanks RAFster122s this has definitely come a long way from that first pic from the beer can days LOL! I can see when I am working on all of these pieces how a mill or a 3D printer or a CNC would give me the ability to mass produce everything but like everything I have made the little mistakes, deep grooves, thicker fins, casting pores I think it makes the pieces stand out and when I put the wolf550 on them Im glad that someone appreciated it enough to want it

Like listening to vinyl……


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