Alt Bike Culture - building a tank
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frameteam2003
12-05-05, 09:06 AM
I've started a tank for the Retro Direct cruzer.If you'd like to follow this build it can be seen at:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frameteam2003/album?.dir=900a&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frameteam2003/my_photos
sam
lyledriver
12-05-05, 10:13 AM
Nice work!.. though I thought this thread was going to be about something different..
http://www.thisisplanb.net/pedalplay/PedalPlay05/Promo%20Pics/images/pedalpowered%20tank%20at%2310016.jpg
GTcommuter
12-05-05, 10:14 AM
What will your tank hold? Beer? :beer:
frameteam2003
12-05-05, 12:25 PM
This tank is only for looks.One large enough to hold Ice and beer would be a something to think on!
FlatTop
12-05-05, 04:02 PM
Looks good! I liked the way you used the character line from the door to give the tank an interesting shape.
An old hood with a contour like that ought to work well too, by cutting out from each side (like butterflying a cutlet, or booking the grain in a veneered wood project).
Nice work!
James H Haury
12-05-05, 06:14 PM
Nice work!.. though I thought this thread was going to be about something different..
http://www.thisisplanb.net/pedalplay/PedalPlay05/Promo%20Pics/images/pedalpowered%20tank%20at%2310016.jpg
Shouldn't that be Tread?
huhenio
12-06-05, 08:33 PM
That is a recumbent I like
Nice work!.. though I thought this thread was going to be about something different..
http://www.thisisplanb.net/pedalplay/PedalPlay05/Promo%20Pics/images/pedalpowered%20tank%20at%2310016.jpg
Plans for a 1/5 scale wooden Sherman:
http://www.gizmology.net/manual.htm
Electric motor drive, but at least the construction plans could be adapted with the above pedal tank.
More pics:
http://www.gizmology.net/tanks.htm
frameteam2003
12-09-05, 07:45 AM
Years ago in P/M mag a guy built a tank from an old VW and tread cut out of old tractor tires.
Is there a post with more instruction on your "retrodirect" conversion? That is very ingenious. I think I understand what is going on there but would like some clarity on how you attached the sprocket to the orig. single speed hub.
Neat-oh
Is there a post with more instruction on your "retrodirect" conversion? That is very ingenious. I think I understand what is going on there but would like some clarity on how you attached the sprocket to the orig. single speed hub.
The inboard freewheel is screwed onto the hub normally, a bottom-bracket cup (that happens to have the same size thread) is screwed onto the freewheel's leftover threads, and the second freewheel is screwed onto the BB cup.
You can find more info here --> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/retro-direct/
Is there a post with more instruction on your "retrodirect" conversion? That is very ingenious. I think I understand what is going on there but would like some clarity on how you attached the sprocket to the orig. single speed hub.
Neat-oh
Likewise you can look at the thread that started a lot of it here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=131632
and I have some pictures of the parts that went into my retro-direct hub here:
http://www.basementfreaks.com/gallery/gallery.php?gal=7205f55d4003b20e1e0e07035a45dafd