Having made a steel fuel tank for my 1974 Norton Commando I wanted do one from aluminium of a similar style that holds more than the 11 litre standard roadster tank.
I am using 2mm (0.80”) 1100-H-14 and started by marking the base of the standard tank onto a board then widened the front section to give the extra volume. The wireframe buck was then built onto this board.
I mostly used 4mm (0.160”) steel rod for the wireform and pretty well the minimum number of pieces to get the shape I wanted. It was easily bent using a couple of fork ended flat bars and TIG welded together. Once complete the baseboard was removed.
Below the forks used to bend the 4mm steel rod.
Photo below shows how sections were held in place for welding
The finished wireform is quite rigid and light and has good visibility as the panels are made. I prefer them to a wooden buck.
To be continued.
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