16th January 2018 - cbrtim update

I search thru my box of so called useless bits

and come up with this little pool ball :) :)

Its just about the right size :) :) Altho at this time it's just a ball. !

After a bit of sand down with some steel wall, to just take the shine off the ball.

It's time to drill a hole and insert a threaded ferrel :) :)

An idea is germinating

as I think about each stage and look at what I have :) :)

Looking good, altho the bolt is just for show as its way too long !

This means the hole we drilled into the top of the console, is now too large !

So hunt around for a washer to fit :) :)

This washer.after a little bit of filing is a perfect fit :) :)
To I angle the edge of the washer

I offer up what will become the front caliper and Mudguard Mount.

It takes some imagination as at the moment is just a length of rectangular 6mm thick metal plate.
I use masking tape to start to shape mounting plate.

Don't look like much at the moment

But I am working from my feelings and I trust them :) :)

mmmm the cardboard template, shows the missing part of the mount

I am now happy with the old mount plate,

That I got wrong and is now held to a new sheet of 6mm thick plate

and clamped to some wood, that CBRTIM's front wheel is sat on

Have allowed a bit of overhang for shaping

The mount plate later on :) :)

Time to start cutting out the replacement mount plate.

When I use cutting discs I prefure to quickly mark the cut lines

Time to remove the old incorrect mount plate

and it leaves hood cutting lines for me :) :)

So far my hands are not shaking !

So I carefully and slowly let the cutting disc do all the work for me.

Time to replace this cutting disc !

and this part of the mount plate is nearly cut thru

A quick tap and out the plate I don'y want comes apart

OOOoooooppppssss

My knees gave way and I landed on the grinder and broke the cutting disc !

Time for a rest !
As I had got carried away and missed the body signs that normally proceed before my knees give way !

After a couple of hours rest, I am back in the workshop..

There is always an awkward bit left after using a cutting disc in Tight Places !

Easy to solve tho, just Cut into thin strips and with pliers keep bending and they come away :) :)

And a bit o filing smooths the edges 

And the new Mount Plate is starting to take shape now :) :)

with flap wheel an tacking the rough edges off So as not to cut myself

Now it's time to start measuring time for the 2nd mount

I am not good when using rulers

In fact I rarely bother with them,

but as I will have 2 mounting plates that will be identical. 

I need to be as careful as I can

Marked the cut areas of the mount plate