CrazyCrank Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) On 28/8/2017 at 0:04 PM, harveyb258 said: Beautiful, solid and good-old mechanical engineering...I LOVE IT!!!! Keep up the good work Thierry! Cheers, H Late, but honoured by this nice comment... Thank you very much Harvey Edited September 4, 2017 by CrazyCrank OMG, the spelling ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 HI chaps.... I just come back from my holidays in North America, 2 weeks in Canada and a fews days in USA, Boston, MA...(A very nice place) As someone know, I've just finished my "second model", I mean we have married my younger son on september 9th, with a Canadian young lady... Am very proud of them ! I cannot resist the pleasure to share with you some pictures of them, before returning to work (my official one, and my hobbies, particularly my Bugatti's build) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Congratulations Thierry ! You're building a lovely family as well as Bugatti! Best to the newlyweds... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 The last build updates in this thread are just crazy... what an amazingly great job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 11 hours ago, Codger said: Congratulations Thierry ! You're building a lovely family as well as Bugatti! Best to the newlyweds... Thank you so much, Chas, for this nice comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 9 hours ago, Roy vd M. said: The last build updates in this thread are just crazy... what an amazingly great job! Thank you very much Roy, for your evaluation...Coming from you, I'm very touched...I'll try to continue to earn it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fiat Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Congratulations- looks like a happy couple with a terrific start! Cheers! Darin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 20 hours ago, Dr. Fiat said: Congratulations- looks like a happy couple with a terrific start! Cheers! Darin Thank you so much, Darin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjfk2002 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Congratulations! That's a great reason to keep us waiting for your return to the lathe ha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 On 17/09/2017 at 00:10, Roy vd M. said: The last build updates in this thread are just crazy... what an amazingly great job! Indeed Thierry, your thread is really amazingly impressive. Congratulations for your son too... Could you show us your whole Bugatti, even if it is not over. An overall picture would be welcome. Can you recall me the name of the prestigious site you talked about me, on which your model is showed too, please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thanks for this nice comment, Olivier OK, I'll take overall pictures of my Bug' as soon as possible and publish them on the thread. You can visit "my" page on the "features exhibit gallery" on ModelMotorcars.com : https://www.modelmotorcars.com/1932-bugatti-type-50t/ But, I have to warn you: the pictures are absolutely out of date since several months, regarding the numerous enhancements i've done on this model and my skills development ... You'll have to compare with the pictures posted in my thread day after day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) After three months without any work on my model (because holidays, then wedding of my second son, then crazy office business, and a lot of family problems, particularly the premature birth of my first granddaughter, Emma), I've been able to spend a few hours today on my lathe to begin turning a nut to fix my spare wheels, and I notice this night that I gave it exactly the same shape as PROPELLER has chosen for his one ! Below the ref. picture I take inspiration from: And below, the central nut....It remains for me to turn conical the two arms with ball ends,, and solder them on the nut. . Stay tuned if you like, I hope to be able to progress faster now on this build Edited November 6, 2017 by CrazyCrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) First attempt of conical turning : Should / could the conical arm be a bit shorter ? Edited November 6, 2017 by CrazyCrank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 First arm quite finished, it remains to enhance the spherical end and reduce the length of the pin which comes into the nut Dry fit: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Great start Thierry! I'm so pleased that you are back at-the-bench....I think we have all been missing this exquisite project! Cheers, H 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Machining the second arm of the spare wheels nut: Second arm finished: The Pocher part: Three parts of the nut ready to solder (next week-end): Dry fit of my brass scratched nut and comparison with the Pocher part: As we Frenchies say: "Y'a pas photo" (that we can approximatively translate by "without doubt") Next steps for this nut: - Threading M3 of the central part of the nut - Soldering the three parts - Scratch building a disk-shaped plate to mask the hole on the central part of the nut - Fixing it - Nickel electroplating Stay tuned if you like and thanks for watching 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 There is no comparison, amazing work compared to a pathetic representation. Great work a real inspiration 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fiat Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Beautiful wheel nut!! Did you drill the holes in the nut at an angle to simulate the bend in the arms? This will look so awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 Thanks a lot @kpnuts and @Dr. Fiat No, I have not drilled the holes in the nut with an angle, but the slight bend of the arm has been planed and will be given, of course As you can see on the dry fit's photos below: Don't worry, be happy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fiat Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Beautiful! Excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 So kind of you, Dr. Fiat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Dr. Fiat said: Beautiful! Excellent work! What Dr Fiat said! Cheers, H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) Hi GentlemenThe nut has been threaded M3,The two arms, bended at a slight angle, has been soldered on the nut, and... After checking the symmetry, the whole part has been filed (flashes of weld), polished and polished as a mirror, and the final part, that is not yet finished , has been installed on the spare wheels shaft It remains to do for this spare wheel's nut: - Machining a small tapper (disk-shaped plate of 6 mm diameter, soldered on a M3 1 mm length shaft), with, if possible a grabbed Ettore Bugatti's logo,, another ambitious challenge - Nickel platting the final piece I hope you enjoy, thanks for watching and stay tuned il you like Edited November 12, 2017 by CrazyCrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Beau-ti-ful!!! This is going to be stunning, Thierry. I like it very much indeed! How do you plan to do the logo's...by hand or on the mill? Cheers, H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, harveyb258 said: Beau-ti-ful!!! This is going to be stunning, Thierry. I like it very much indeed! How do you plan to do the logo's...by hand or on the mill? Cheers, H Thanks Harvey My letters must be 3 mm high. I've already try the hand method, with a tracing point...doable but for a poor result at this scale And with a milling machine and a engraving reamer, it will be easy...under the condition to work with a CNC milling machine (to form the curves of the letter "B")...and mine is not ! So, I just bought (on a Swiss jewelry tools supplier's website) a set of punches of ImpressArt brand, "NewPrint Alphabet", in capital letters: The letter "E" will be punched vertically mirrored and will touch the lettre "B", to get an acceptable Bugatti's logo. Of course, a lot of tries shall be done, in order to acquire enough skills to make it correctly, but I think I'll achieve my goal Once the logo is embossed and after electroplating, I'll fill the letters with black (or blue, I've not yet decided) acrylic paint Stay tuned if you like Edited November 12, 2017 by CrazyCrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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