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British Bikes / Re: Alloy tanks & the tricky bits!
« on: March 22, 2013, 09:17:06 PM »
Biker bob, blokes like you are a dying breed and I admire you most. I'm currently training the latest rolls royce welding apprentices. The lack of interest in the subject is demoralising. The are more interested in social media and trivial bull shit. A sign of the times as mentioned before.

We can create / alter anything the customer so desires. We are between Nottinghamshire and derbyshire and don't mind meeting half way. Runs of multiple amounts will be considered if there is sufficient demand. This is reliant on the belief of the British engineer/ bike enthusiast wanting a quality product & service within the shores of our green and promised land.


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British Bikes / Re: Alloy tanks & the tricky bits!
« on: March 18, 2013, 07:44:07 PM »
Cheers boys, the tank making just happened about 6 months ago. The old man did a goldstar clubman tank for a friend and I think he enjoyed It. he went bonkers and started making as many as he could using the most accurate tank he could borrow to copy! I think the key is not getting too involved with the tooling for a low run of parts. If you can make a few fly press tools to last say 20 - 30 base plates and you work quickly. You could do Norton's for a little over half that.  I've seen a fair few of those Indian tanks in the same place and there all over the shop! You actually get some proper service dealing in this country. special requests/ odd frames are bang on If you can meet the maker and see the bike.
The skill is disappearing. The methods that aren't down on paper just disappear if they dont get taught. How many apprentice sheet metal workers do you know that how to use a wheel and develop patterns? compared to the 50's there's none.


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British Bikes / Alloy tanks & the tricky bits!
« on: March 18, 2013, 09:27:19 AM »
Hello all,
            i would like to address/ discuss the diminishing quality of sheet metal assemblies, both abroad and within the uk. Im sure you all see the obvious lack of skills being passed down by the older generation that are slowly dying out. To compensate for the void of skilled British craftsmanship, classic & vintage vehicle owners are turning more and more to the Far East. In the majority of instances at a compromise to quality. In an attempt to try and restore some of the balance, I would like to offer over 65 years combined father and son tin bashing expertise, both from an aerospace background and will tackle pretty much anything.j
I've attached pictures of some previous work and the latest BSA tank we made.
If anyone needs any advice or something knocking up, don't hesitate to ask. We're reasonable chaps. Ill upload norton featherbed & greeves fuel and oil tank pictures if anyone's interested.
Cheers,
Alex.

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