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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 132225" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Note the curve in the front edge in the photo above.</p><p>There's no logical reason for it, in fact the capacity would be about a teacup greater if I had left the front edge straight. It just looked better curved. Straight looked like a Harley Sportster tank. Those look good on a Harley Sportster, not here!</p><p>Also, I was going to leave the front edge as a smooth curve then happened to watch a YouTube video that convince me to put in dents to increase turning angle. The bike in the video was a Special with J.A.P. engine in a Featherbed frame. It had a great long tank and a turning circle of about 200'.</p><p>The poor rider looked pretty uncomfortable on there especially when he had to roll the thing back and forth multiple times just to inch around some garbage tins.</p><p>So the dents went in and the turning sweep is about 70degrees lock to lock.</p><p>In the photo below I've just trimmed the tank to match the seat front angle and seat height.</p><p>Again , wood working tools work on aluminium. I'm using an SCM 10' sliding panel saw that was our primary saw for cabinet making. I use this saw all the time for making strange cuts like this.[ATTACH=full]39313[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39314[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39315[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 132225, member: 2708"] Note the curve in the front edge in the photo above. There's no logical reason for it, in fact the capacity would be about a teacup greater if I had left the front edge straight. It just looked better curved. Straight looked like a Harley Sportster tank. Those look good on a Harley Sportster, not here! Also, I was going to leave the front edge as a smooth curve then happened to watch a YouTube video that convince me to put in dents to increase turning angle. The bike in the video was a Special with J.A.P. engine in a Featherbed frame. It had a great long tank and a turning circle of about 200'. The poor rider looked pretty uncomfortable on there especially when he had to roll the thing back and forth multiple times just to inch around some garbage tins. So the dents went in and the turning sweep is about 70degrees lock to lock. In the photo below I've just trimmed the tank to match the seat front angle and seat height. Again , wood working tools work on aluminium. I'm using an SCM 10' sliding panel saw that was our primary saw for cabinet making. I use this saw all the time for making strange cuts like this.[ATTACH type="full"]39313[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]39314[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]39315[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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