I would just like to say

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Well today's efforts have been frustrating for the most part.
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The first part went OK when I revised the main members of the new front forks for the 24" wheel.
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But it all went downhill from there.
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Here is a picture of a destroyed dismantled fully working Python.

Wheel out, bars out, 4 bolts undone and front frame removed from the pivot that sits in the middle.

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The rest of the entire day was spent struggling to manufacture a look-alike front frame assembly to bolt onto the pivots frame.
I can confirm that...IF you try to build "stuff" on top of existing "stuff", you get....well..."STUFFED".
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You are not building on a bench you are building on an existing frame that does not want to co-operate as you try to line up 4 pairs of holes across 2 frames.
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You discover that it is all too easy for things to go to
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.

But. If you refer to your Anglo-Saxon dictionary of useful words and phrases like "Oh no you don't you $%^*" and "Do that again and I'm angle grinding you to bits" you manage to get at least a tiny bit done of what you had planned.

Here we see the resultant front frame attachment section to which the rest of the front frame will be welded. The bolts and bolt holes all line up and can be fastened to the pivot.
The frame is yet to be trimmed to size and have the sides capped. The washers are there as packing as the original 20" wheeled front frame is made of 50mm x 25mm oblong tube and the new 24" wheeled frame will be made of 25mm x 12mm oblong tube.

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So I have a sub-frame that bolts to the pivot, and the next step will be to unbolt it again from the pivot and weld the main arms of the front forks to this sub-frame on the bench.

YES! I know there are many elements of the original Python, its pivot and the new stuff that would have benefited from different choices as to what bolts to what, through bolts Vs. Captive nuts etc. etc.

We live and learn.....Or NOT.
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DanClarke said:
Well today's efforts have been frustrating for the most part.
The first part went OK when I revised the main members of the new front forks for the 24" wheel.
But it all went downhill from there.
Here is a picture of a destroyed dismantled fully working Python.
Wheel out, bars out, 4 bolts undone and front frame removed from the pivot that sits in the middle.
The rest of the entire day was spent struggling to manufacture a look-alike front frame assembly to bolt onto the pivots frame.
I can confirm that...IF you try to build "stuff" on top of existing "stuff", you get....well..."STUFFED".

You are not building on a bench you are building on an existing frame that does not want to co-operate as you try to line up 4 pairs of holes across 2 frames.
You discover that it is all too easy for things to go to
1f4a9.png
.

But. If you refer to your Anglo-Saxon dictionary of useful words and phrases like "Oh no you don't you $%^*" and "Do that again and I'm angle grinding you to bits" you manage to get at least a tiny bit done of what you had planned.
Here we see the resultant front frame attachment section to which the rest of the front frame will be welded. The bolts and bolt holes all line up and can be fastened to the pivot.
The frame is yet to be trimmed to size and have the sides capped. The washers are there as packing as the original 20" wheeled front frame is made of 50mm x 25mm oblong tube and the new 24" wheeled frame will be made of 25mm x 12mm oblong tube.

So I have a sub-frame that bolts to the pivot, and the next step will be to unbolt it again from the pivot and weld the main arms of the front forks to this sub-frame on the bench.

YES! I know there are many elements of the original Python, its pivot and the new stuff that would have benefited from different choices as to what bolts to what, through bolts Vs. Captive nuts etc. etc.

We live and learn.....Or NOT.
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Sorry to hear it didn't quite go to plan Dan. Still, it looks like it will all go together after some more expletives and well aimed blows with a club hammer :rolleyes:
 
I would like to report I have mostly filled the new tool box and made good progress with the workshop clear out. The chap turned up to take my old lathe away and some more stuff is going on Saturday. I will take some pics when it is cleared enough to be worth photographing :p
 
My Old Landy said:
I would like to report I have mostly filled the new tool box and made good progress with the workshop clear out. The chap turned up to take my old lathe away and some more stuff is going on Saturday. I will take some pics when it is cleared enough to be worth photographing :p
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What was the "Old Lathe", what is the "New Lathe"?
 
My Old Landy said:
I would like to report I have mostly filled the new tool box and made good progress with the workshop clear out. The chap turned up to take my old lathe away and some more stuff is going on Saturday. I will take some pics when it is cleared enough to be worth photographing :p
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Did you get a lurcher in return?
 
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