QCGB Lever Build

[Wierd Harold]

Due to my hobby money being needed elsewhere (a loan ) I decided to make the replacements for the broken levers on my recently acquired qcgb. Fools rush in !
If I had realized how long this would take I might not have started .

Started with a block of 6061.


Holes drilled.


I didn't have a 3/4" drill or a boring head for the mill so it was over to the lathe for this hole.


No rotary table yet so I made this jig up.


Band sawed it to rough shape on my converted HF porta-band and finished up on the "rotary table"


Shaped and the gear slot cut.


Finished shaping on my little HF belt/disk sander and some steel wool.


Finished and ready to go.


Now I just have to decide whether to do it again or live with a pair of mismatched levers.

HWF

 

[chuckorlando]

Very nice

 

[JimDawson]

WOW !! Great job. That was a lot of work. I really like your setup for doing the radii.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

great work,
that really is a superior job!
:man:

 

[pdentrem]

Absolutely a fantastic job! The necessity was your mother of invention. Maybe you did not have the right equipment but you had the right stuff to do the job.
Pierre

 

[Wierd Harold]

Thanks for all of the compliments and likes on my 2 recent posts.

HWF