Should I attempt to build a wooden "tank"?

[sandmountainslim]

I want a tank for my '88 Schwinn and the PRICES I see on ebay and elsewhere are near what I have in the rest of the bike total!
I was thinking of cutting out a piece of wood and painting it either black or white to fill the void and be a faux tank.
To me a cruiser style bike looks incomplete without a tank
What do you gents think? Would it work or look tacky?
Here is my bike.

 

[Ratfink1962]

Do it!

 

[NicksGarage]

Re: Should I attempt to build a wooden "tank"?

You could wrap it in aluminum flashing with the seam in the middle.

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[outskirtscustoms]

I say go for it, I actually had this idea but instead of wood I was going to use expanding foam covered in body filler then painted. Never got past thinking about it though.

 

[OneHorsePower]

do it , just put a thin layer of bondo over the wood if do dont want to see the grain in 3d

or in foam it works great ,and is a bit easer , i did one by gluing 2 layers of wall insulation foam , shaping them and covering them with 1/8" thick of fiberglass bondo and holding it by screwing rubber washers with screws tight on each side of the frame at 3 places :wink:

 

[kingfish254]

Check out the builds of RRBBO7. I think there were about 8 or 10 wooden tanks.

 

[sandmountainslim]

Never thought of foam! I had the idea of either wood or thin aluminium.

 

[Ratfink1962]

I made mine out of sheetmetal, but I formed it over a wood buck.... take a look.

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17968

 

[sandmountainslim]

I made mine out of sheetmetal, but I formed it over a wood buck.... take a look.

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17968

It looks great! I have to try something. The bike just looks incomplete without one.

 

[dragnusa]

Heres what I did for a filler panel on soul catcher.
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=60860

 

[SylusMk2]

Im thinking about making a wood tank for my CWC bike but covering the wood with a thin layer of bondo than painting it....i cant find a tank for a reasonabl price do why not make one right?

 

[karfer67]

I made the tank on hard luck out of a board my neighbor threw out. Its easy just go slow

 

[karfer67]

I made the tank on hard luck out of a board my neighbor threw out. Its easy just go slow

 

[jaysmo]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[kingfish254]

That would be perfect for a military bike build.

 

[Bikeguy7497]

I saw a bike with a wooden tank recently at a swap meet. I would have bought it but it was like 100 bucks over my budget. Sounds like a good idea if youve got the skills to do it do it!

 

[El Whoppo]

Have you seen the back of a Lute? I like the idea of a wooden tank. Especially since my woodworking skills are better than my metal working will ever be!

 

[Bigcam59]

I dunno, sounds like a good idea to me! 8)