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David Jenkins

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
Been busy!

I wanted a new oil catch-tank for my car, and rather liked the one used by RazMan - a modified water bottle from Halfords.

Me, being awkward, looked at the top of the bottle, saw that it had a thread inside and decided that I'd make a screw-in cap. Here's what I came up with...

Catch-tank cap
Catch-tank cap


I bought a bracket to go with the water bottle, and an air filter off ebay for a Pound or two, and this is what they look like when assembled...

catch-tank with bracket
catch-tank with bracket


It really was a time-waster, and when in the car it'll hardly be visible, but it will make emptying very easy and I enjoyed working out how to make it (especially turning a 26mm x 2mm thread on the lathe!)

(and no, I'm not going to make one for anyone else!)






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matt.c

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:16 PM Reply With Quote
OMG! you made that!! That would take me years to do that!






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COREdevelopments

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:19 PM Reply With Quote
thats neat. must of taken a while but well worth the effort i think!!

Rob






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piddy

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:38 PM Reply With Quote
Looks great, well done.
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adithorp

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:40 PM Reply With Quote
Vers nice. Are you sure you don't want to make just one more? ;-)

Don't spoil it with a cheap bracket though. Get something like this.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=25548

adrian

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David Jenkins

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:53 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Don't spoil it with a cheap bracket though. Get something like this.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=25548

adrian


Eek! Nearly £30, prob plus postage!

I paid £5 for the bottle, £1 or less for the bracket, £2 for the filter and long-ago-paid-for bits and pieces from my stocks of metal.

Oh - and I paid £5.75p today for a fresh bottle of Loctite 603 'cos my 15-year-old bottle of 601 wouldn't stick anything anymore!






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speedyxjs

posted on 2/2/08 at 05:56 PM Reply With Quote
Wow nice work





How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?

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adithorp

posted on 2/2/08 at 06:08 PM Reply With Quote
...and how many hours?

Tell you what, make me one and I'll buy you a carbom cage. ;-)

adrian

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David Jenkins

posted on 2/2/08 at 06:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
...and how many hours?



There's no point in making a Locost if you're going to cost up the hours! We'd never be able to afford to make one.

It took about 3 - 4 evenings, with however long it took for me to decide that I was getting too cold per evening.

Most of the time was taken up trying to get my thread-cutting to work properly. Even now the thread's a bit flat-topped, but it works, and it's not a structural joint anyway.






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bigrich

posted on 2/2/08 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
very ingenious, i like it very much
nice job David

Rich







A pint for the gent and a white wine/fruit based drink for the lady. Those are the rules

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BenB

posted on 2/2/08 at 06:40 PM Reply With Quote
Nice job. Love the knurling....
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Confused but excited.

posted on 2/2/08 at 07:41 PM Reply With Quote
That's a really posh job!





Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

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David Jenkins

posted on 2/2/08 at 07:45 PM Reply With Quote
I've come up with one problem - the only place I can fix it is on the engine side of the bulkhead behind the pedals. This means that I won't be able to lift the bottle out of the clip as it'll be under the brake master cylinder, etc.

Plan B is to make some form of bracket that will allow be to pull it out sideways... still, I enjoy a challenge...

[Edited on 2/2/08 by David Jenkins]






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Simon

posted on 2/2/08 at 07:50 PM Reply With Quote
David,

Very nice indeed.

And I was happy with my blanking plug for remnants of an old distributor (pics on blog later).

ATB

Simon






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big_wasa

posted on 2/2/08 at 09:32 PM Reply With Quote
hmmm

I will have to look up the screw cutting info on my lathe.

That bracket spoils it a touch imho

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David Jenkins

posted on 2/2/08 at 09:40 PM Reply With Quote
The bracket's going anyway - it won't work (as I said in my last post). I'm planning some form of clip to hold it... watch this space!






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adithorp

posted on 3/2/08 at 11:46 AM Reply With Quote
What you need is a side entry bottle cage.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/details.asp?D=P&Cat=BOTTLE%20CAGES&Section=BOTC&GenCode=ELITBOTC0700

There might be carbon ones but as you said that'd eat into your £250!!

adrian

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