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by **railroad bob** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:39 pm

Nice job Todd, definitely gonna get some double takes when yer thru...

by **indian Mark** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:53 am

That's a lot farther along than I thought. Who did your tank?

by **Todd Achten** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:24 am

indian Mark wrote:That's a lot farther along than I thought. Who did your tank?

I bought that off of egay. It is just a stripped down shell with the filler and tank mounts cut out. I am going to cut it in half...........widen it and stretch it three or four inches. Should make about 5.5 to 6 gallons when done.

by **lamf** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:34 pm

i like the tank as well. nice shape. i also really digging your downtubes with the long sweeping radius. really nice looking.

by **Drummer Clive** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:22 pm

Your project is looking good. real nice. Its great to see a Sportster build underway. Good luck with the build.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:00 pm

I had to bring this back up to the top so that I can find it tonight and post some update pics. The gas tank is all made (what a bitch) and the top shell is ready to weld to the bottom after I wipe it down good inside one more time to get any oils out of it.

Worked on my oil tank all weekend. All I have to do is figure out how I am going to hold the battery down so that it does not bounce or move. This thing turned out sweet if I must say so myself. :oops:

These things are a lot of work. If I can figure out the battery hold down tonight..............it will be powdered and finished by the end of the night. I won't post the pics until it's in powder. I don't want to let the cat out of the bag until you can see it from start to finish. It just wouldn't have the same effect. :wink:

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:08 pm

I'm stoked! Just pulled the oil tank out of the oven and she looks great.

So here are some start to finish pics.

Started out with a piece of 16g that I picked up at the local metal supplier in the shorts bucket. Then I took it over and had it cut to size and ran through the slip roll.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:11 pm

Machined up some bungs on the lathe and stamped them with a "V". "F", and "R".

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:13 pm

After I made a couple of top mounting bungs on the lathe and welded them in, I bent up some tubing for the vent and return lines and welded them in and tacked them to the tank.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:19 pm

When Ken, Mark and Gary came down at the end of December for the trip to Cinci/Kentucky to meet up with Dan and his family for lunch.........Ken gave me a great idea for my oil tank. This is what I have been keeping under my hat until now. I think that it was a cool idea. Thanks Ken!

This is a 1.5 liter bottle of Grolsch beer from Holland. I picked it up at the local wine/beer importer for @ $11. What I was really after was the top. Sweet!!!

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:22 pm

After a couple of hours on the lathe (and polishing off the bottle of beer), This is what I ended up with.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:24 pm

The last picture was after I did the test fit of the lid. I put it back in the lathe and tapered the base to match the rest of the neck.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:26 pm

Here is what it looked like welded in to the tank.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:31 pm

picked up a magnetic 1/2"-20 drain plug at the local automotive supplier. I will be picking up a better gasket for it before she gets filled with oil. I don't like the cheap plastic gasket that came with it.

by **Todd Achten** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:33 pm

If you notice the two threaded bungs in this shot............you will understand here in a little bit what purpose those will serve.

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