█★█ starsNbars █★█ 38 Hawthorne Twin Bar 5 Bar ☠ - Red White and RUST - Tied for 7th Place

[schwinn boy]

I always like twin bars. I've been obsessed with them since I got mine.

 

[kingfish254]

They are very cool frames! Good job on yours.

 

[Pedal_junky]

Worked on the light tonight. First I removed the bracket and hammered out a little flatter then reattached it to the center of the light.
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The I put on some gloves and googles and used my Dremel to cut the backside of the sealed headlight glass. I should have worn long sleeves too.
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But it cleaned up nicely.
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Man, that light turned out very nice. Did you cut the back of the headlight housing or the glass?

 

[kingfish254]

Man, that light turned out very nice. Did you cut the back of the headlight housing or the glass?

This was a sealed beam headlight, so both the front and back are glass. I cut the glass of the backside of the light.

 

[Jake Sensi]

Nice light B!! Crank up that- Blinded by the light!! PEACE

 

[kingfish254]

Nice light B!! Crank up that- Blinded by the light!! PEACE

Can't crank that up yet Jake, I still need to LEDize it and add the starsNbars effect to it.
Crank up Blondie's Heart of Glass instead!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Nice work and cool idea King!

Luke.

 

[Moisstink]

Worked on the light tonight. First I removed the bracket and hammered out a little flatter then reattached it to the center of the light.
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The I put on some gloves and googles and used my Dremel to cut the backside of the sealed headlight glass. I should have worn long sleeves too.
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But it cleaned up nicely.
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Thanks for the step by step. That was pretty cool to see the transformation. Nice work man!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Wow, that's pretty hard core cutting a sealed beam bulb apart to make a lens!

 

[kingfish254]

Thanks for the step by step. That was pretty cool to see the transformation. Nice work man!

Wow, that's pretty hard core cutting a sealed beam bulb apart to make a lens!

I am pretty sure that a lot of other RRBers have done similar grinding on sealed beams. Don't know if I have seen anyone do it for just the lens, but I know plenty have cut holes in the back to LEDize them. Just remember that you are grinding glass and protect yourself and also make sure you clean up good, so that you don't rub a particle into your eyes.

 

[kingfish254]

Taped up the lense, cut out the surround of a star, and painted the surround with the Hammered Black.

 

[kingfish254]

Manipulated some old chainguard braces to finally mount my Iver Johnson chainguard. I think I did a pretty good job of centering the chainring. The dropstand tab forced me to let the back end curve out some.

Used some hanger strip that I got at a yard sale just last weekend to make a clamp for the tank.

Mounted the massive prewar kickstand and 1943 leather Cleveland tag and jewel that I picked up from @marius.suiram . This thing is HUGE but it tucks away pretty well. @Double Nickle thought it might even be motorcycle related.

 

[kingfish254]

Test mounted the headlight again.

Then went for a very short ride since I discovered something wasn't shifting right.

 

[kingfish254]

BUILD OFF 6 FLASHBACK
Found this pick from my first build (and Build Off) BEER RUN when I was considering this tank. This was the EARRRRRRRRLY stage of BEER RUN. I don't think I even had a name for it at this point.

 

[2dawgs]

Manipulated some old chainguard braces to finally mount my Iver Johnson chainguard. I think I did a pretty good job of centering the chainring. The dropstand tab forced me to let the back end curve out some.
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Used some hanger strip that I got at a yard sale just last weekend to make a clamp for the tank.
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Mounted the massive prewar kickstand and 1943 leather Cleveland tag and jewel that I picked up from @marius.suiram . This thing is HUGE but it tucks away pretty well. @Double Nickle thought it might even be motorcycle related.
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KF,

That kickstand is killer.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Did you get the shifting issue sorted?

Luke.

 

[whitefiretiger]

Love the work on the headlight.
Cutting sealed beam headlights is a pain but if you use diamond tip were covered bits; keep cool water running over the glass and go slow it can be done without a big mess or cracked glass.
BTW the hammered black is one of my favorite rattle cans.

Looks great.

 

[kingfish254]

Did you get the shifting issue sorted?

Luke.

Haven't even looked at it yet. Pretty sure it's a cable adjustment issue and nothing serious.

 

[kingfish254]

Love the work on the headlight.
Cutting sealed beam headlights is a pain but if you use diamond tip were covered bits; keep cool water running over the glass and go slow it can be done without a big mess or cracked glass.
BTW the hammered black is one of my favorite rattle cans.

Looks great.

I used a Dremel diamond cutoff wheel to do the cutting. I just kept going in slow circles around the perimeter.

 

[whitefiretiger]

I used a Dremel diamond cutoff wheel to do the cutting. I just kept going in slow circles around the perimeter.

The diamond cutting wheels are a pain to use.
If you cut glass again use a sink or have somebody help and keep cool water on it; it helps keep the debris down and prevents cracking from heat.