My art at times is a little different than most.
Most of it would seem boring and mundane until you realize that I can start with a piece of metal and turn it into a useful item.
I created this item on machinetools.
This is a performance enhancing modification I made for the air inlet on my Harley-Davidson motorcycle:
Machined from a solid bar of 6061 T-6 aluminum, it mounts an over the counter aviation style low restriction cotton gauze air cleaner for an automobile onto the carburetor to replace the factory cake pan filter it was sold with.
The increase in flow rate was very substantial.
Replacement drive pulley for a 1938 Sears Craftsman wood lathe.
Rough stock before:
After:
I spent a great portion of my career in manufacturing where we are only limited to our own imagination and the capability of our equipment.
Most of it would seem boring and mundane until you realize that I can start with a piece of metal and turn it into a useful item.
I created this item on machinetools.
This is a performance enhancing modification I made for the air inlet on my Harley-Davidson motorcycle:
Machined from a solid bar of 6061 T-6 aluminum, it mounts an over the counter aviation style low restriction cotton gauze air cleaner for an automobile onto the carburetor to replace the factory cake pan filter it was sold with.
The increase in flow rate was very substantial.
Replacement drive pulley for a 1938 Sears Craftsman wood lathe.
Rough stock before:
After:
I spent a great portion of my career in manufacturing where we are only limited to our own imagination and the capability of our equipment.
