Patrick Doody
06-10-2010, 3:49 PM
well this post leans heavily towards the realm of OT, but it involves some turning content. anyways this weekend is my 4th consecutive MS 150 ride, one of my favorite weekends of the year that involves other spinny things.
after looking at the forecast for the weekend it calls for highs in the mid 50's and rain all day on Saturday(the first 75 miles) and the same for the second day. I figured that i better get around to installing the fenders on the bike I've been building for the past year or so. last night i put the finishing touches on it and I ended up turning some fender spacers out of some scrap mahogany! it is a nice cap on the perfect (for me)bike. I'm going to turn some flame maple bar plugs when i get some more time, and perhaps a bud vase. Anyways here are some pics, nothing fancy on the woodturning front, but it's a utility piece. finished with some beeswax, and mineral oil.
Before fenders:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4656970386_45184e0ab1.jpg
Fenders installed:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4688959078_eab16eda0c_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4688325495_190113913a.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4688325849_3e15d02ebb.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4688325985_9e9c8ff2b3.jpg
the light tan bits are actually leather washers to dampen vibration, these fenders don't clang about when you hit a pothole(thanks to the leather and mahogany).
Anyways, wish me luck, I'm riding for my good friend lance. He's a great friend that has MS. He will be riding a bike that I helped him put together.
after looking at the forecast for the weekend it calls for highs in the mid 50's and rain all day on Saturday(the first 75 miles) and the same for the second day. I figured that i better get around to installing the fenders on the bike I've been building for the past year or so. last night i put the finishing touches on it and I ended up turning some fender spacers out of some scrap mahogany! it is a nice cap on the perfect (for me)bike. I'm going to turn some flame maple bar plugs when i get some more time, and perhaps a bud vase. Anyways here are some pics, nothing fancy on the woodturning front, but it's a utility piece. finished with some beeswax, and mineral oil.
Before fenders:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4656970386_45184e0ab1.jpg
Fenders installed:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4688959078_eab16eda0c_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4688325495_190113913a.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4688325849_3e15d02ebb.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4688325985_9e9c8ff2b3.jpg
the light tan bits are actually leather washers to dampen vibration, these fenders don't clang about when you hit a pothole(thanks to the leather and mahogany).
Anyways, wish me luck, I'm riding for my good friend lance. He's a great friend that has MS. He will be riding a bike that I helped him put together.