This week we made the "leg" of the sidestand, starting with
a rectangular bar of stainless steel. We used the Bridgeport
to give it the rough tapered shape, then bent it under the press
and Aad used the beltsander to get the smooth shape we were
after.
We temporarily tack-welded the hinge back on the frame to
make sure we had all the angles correct and then welded the
leg to the the pivot pin. Aad had ground deep grooves on both
sides of the weld area in advance so was then able to weld several
layers on top of eachother for maximum strength.
Then as usual a lot of sanding, filing and polishing happened.
With the hinge still tacked to the frame we were able to mark
the positions of the sidestand (in and out) and Aad ground the
correct shape according to my quick and dirty sketches. To be
continued, ofcourse...
