I
have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, so I am a little
behind with updating the website. For the third attempt at casting
the aircleaner cover I first made a new crucible (melting pot)
from 3 mm stainless as the first crucible (which was actually
a souppan) was dangerously thin..
Also I tried a different placement of runners and risers, and
this time it seems I got it right.
Anyway,
the third attempt at casting the thin-wall aircleaner cover
worked like a charm (well, apart from my spilling a bit of molten
aluminum..). This time Adele was there to film the casting:
After
removing runners and risers, all that remained was machining
the mounting surfaces, drilling the mounting holes and a lot
of polishing. As I write this the filter is already installed
on Cadbike #1, allthough I still need to add the actual mesh
to filter the air, because at the moment it is more a rain cover
than an aircleaner, haha.
