A mini-milestone was made during lockdown.
A front fender got mounted today! Well, only the left one, and only 95% done. But progress is progress!
First off, acknowledgements to Perry for his fender mounting approach which I copied slavishly.
Starting with the br@ck^t posted last week, the fender stay's radial legs were welded on.
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Using the Flintstone tire + clearance jig made last week, the fender was laid on
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and horizontal support bars were fitted to the fender and fish-mouthed to match-up with the radial legs. IIRC, Perry uses a mitered cut for this joint, but a coped butt joint was easier in my case.
Here's with the wood jig removed:
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and yes, the legs need to be trimmed.
With the fender off, Here's the stay:
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After finish welding the joints, the legs will get trimmed to length, gussets added to the inside of the corners and bevels cut and capped on the outside corners. Rivnuts and button-head screws will replace the Cleco pins.
Perry, I think you triangulate with a brace between the two legs. Given that my bracket bolts to the spindle below the UBJ, if I add triangulation the brace would have to be removable to be able to take the fender stay assembly off without unbolting the UBJ. There is some triangulation at the base of the front leg already and the fender itself adds a triangulation effect. Do you recommend I add a brace between the two legs?
It’s starting to look like a car.
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With rubber tires it would be a roller.
Tom, I was looking at build photos for front fender mounting and found yours. What dia tubes did you use for the fender stays? And how much clearance did you decide on to clear the tires?