The Bucket Foundry

[F5 Dave]

So aren't there wreckers in the US that can sell you several at a Time? Forget eBay.

Then YouShop them back. Its all easy.

[husaberg]

Google says
\The span adjuster is from a VFR400 carb

[F5 Dave]

I do have a spare master cylinder. Not sure I have the bar space. Means losing the foot brake.

[husaberg]

I do have a spare master cylinder. Not sure I have the bar space. Means losing the foot brake.

I posted one in the chassis thread ages that worked off both plus one that used a push bike like lever that pulled on a remote mater cylinder with a cable much like a car set up only cable rather than rod.

okay it didn't

but no reason you couldn't feed pressure from on to the other

if you are worried about the pull MC
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/MAYI...02.4.22.yua5SF

or pull slaves
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...302.4.2.xS0pB2

[guyhockley]

Could you have a master cylinder inside the handlebar, maybe? Not sure what size masters that thumb brakes use.

[TZ350]

So aren't there wreckers in the US that can sell you several at a Time?

I once brought six Suzuki T500 engines and six spare sets of barrels from these guys plus other bits, half a tones worth. Great service. http://www.ricepaddy.com/contactus.html

Here is a list of North American bike wreckers. http://bikelinks.com/directory/Parts...North_America/

[Flettner]

Could you have a master cylinder inside the handlebar, maybe? Not sure what size masters that thumb brakes use.

How did we get on to this?
I run a rear brake on the left handle bar, no clutch leave at all. Auto rekluce clutch, great system. It's like riding a mountain bike with 50 HP.

[F5 Dave]

Sorry my fault.
Though I'm addicted to the clutch lever, too many years racing 50s.

[Frits Overmars]

I run a rear brake on the left handle bar, no clutch leave at all. Auto rekluce clutch, great system. It's like riding a mountain bike with 50 HP.

https://rekluse.com/products/dirt-bike-products/

[husaberg]

Sorry my fault.
Though I'm addicted to the clutch lever, too many years racing 50s.

https://rekluse.com/products/dirt-bike-products/

As i think Frits is suggesting You can get a rekluse that still has a clutch lever override, the best of both worlds

https://rekluse.com/product/core-exp-3-0-clutch/

[Flettner]

But I don't want a clutch leaver. It was more about fitting the rear brake to the handle bar when my hip was rooted and I had a lot of trouble operating the foot brake pedal.
At first I tried both clutch and brake leavers on the left bar but enevitably I'd grab the wrong one so I made a peg that holds the small clutch leaver down in the case as if the cable was there. So now its auto like a PW 50. I love it, bikes should be sold off the showroom floor set up like mine.

[WilDun]

I hope this thread doesn't end up being the Bucket "Floundry" instead of the Bucket "Foundry"!!

I had thought that there would have been more people interested in foundry work, especially those experimenting with engines ...... guess it's an entirely "stand alone" and different hobby really.

[guyhockley]

OK, Wil, in an effort to keep things going...
I saw somewhere that some people use a mixture of cement and motor oil for casting. Sounds like it could be a bit smokey/smelly!

[Frits Overmars]

I saw somewhere that some people use a mixture of cement and motor oil for casting. Sounds like it could be a bit smokey/smelly!

They use that mixture for speedway tracks. If you are going to use it for casting moulds, please let me know, so I can make sure I'm not in the same time zone.
I've seen the effect of a little moisture left in moulds and with the temperatures at hand I suppose oil won't behave much differently.

[ken seeber]

They use that mixture for speedway tracks. If you are going to use it for casting moulds, please let me know, so I can make sure I'm not in the same time zone.
I've seen the effect of a little moisture left in moulds and with the temperatures at hand I suppose oil won't behave much differently.

Jeez Frits, you're a bit of a scaredy cat, nothing wrong with a bit of hot metal flying thru the atmosphere.

I always thought that they used a small % of linseed oil in green sand moulds, so had a look. https://me-mechanicalengineering.com/molding-sand/

Clearly there is a big range of ingredients. As Frits was suggesting, I think moderation is the go when it comes to liquids into the melt though. My personal experience is to never, never, never put anything (eg a freshly sprayed ladle) into the melt unless it has been heat soaked at well over 100 deg C. Having said that, I did hear of some (obviously from "back horme" Guy...) who used to plunge part- cut potatoes into the melt to degas aluminium.