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Old 10-22-2005, 10:35 PM
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No problemo

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Old 10-29-2005, 06:46 PM
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any more progress on this?

A friend showed me a picture of a bike like that a few months ago. It was neat to get on here and see someone was building one. You are doing great too. Keep the pictures coming.

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Old 12-18-2005, 08:38 AM
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any news on the bike project ?

just wondering how far you got with it

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Old 12-18-2005, 09:33 AM
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Hi Beaulieu,

i think a lot of you wonder if there is any progress,

well i started again yesterday, it was slow for a couple of weeks,work consumes

a lot of spare time wil start posting again by the end of the week.

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Old 12-26-2005, 08:00 AM
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Hi Gang,

finally found the time to work on my kids bike again,

here are some pictures of the progress. Enjoy.

Ben

Below a one piece inner panel



next panel comming up not finished yet.


Its not always going the way you like,made some scrap here.
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Old 12-26-2005, 09:16 AM
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Hi Ben

Real nice looking metalwork . That bike is going to be .
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Hi Gang,

into high gear now some more panels made for the bike.

taped them up for the looks.

i will try to make how it's made photo's from the next panel

i forget that every time.

Tools used , Shrinking dies ,Helve Hammer and my Mechhammer for forming and plannishing and a Henrob for welding.

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Old 12-29-2005, 05:25 AM
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Wow that is a wonderful project. You have gotten a lot done from the last time I checked it out. Beautiful job.
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Old 12-29-2005, 06:00 AM
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Hi Ben


That is one tough and challenging project! It keeps looking better with each installment.

Thanks for the update.
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Old 12-29-2005, 11:05 AM
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Hi Ben,

The bike is shaping up well. There are some difficult pieces being made and they are looking good. Thank you for keeping us updated with this very interesting project.
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