Not sure whether to post this here, the machining thread or the fuckwits thread...
Despite assurances no local shop had 1.5" stem spacers. One an hour away did but were exxy. Thus I decided to make my own. Slotted for your pleasure, remember this takes no weight on a lefty and just holds the stem to height so thin is fine.
I was going to anodise this at home but by the time I bought all the stuff I didn't have it was not worth it. If I had heaps to do then absolutely but not just a single piece. Local businesses can do it but all have a minimum fuck around charge of at least $60 so a mist of black will do. Stem needs some colour too, maybe green...
And the fuckwit part? I made this 2.5 times. Grabbed a an offcut of 50mm bar about 75mm long, perfect. Cleaned up one end and centre drilled it. Turned the od to be nice and round, swapped ends and did the same. Machined it down to the od and started to cut out the V grooved centre. Set the DRO and went in to the correct dimension. Checked with the verniers... Hmmmm oversize still. Took another couple of mm off. Checked again and yep didn't zero the calipers the first time around. OK. Next offcut was already machined one end but was a bit shorter. OK time to clean that up. Got rid of the mill finish and glanced at the DRO and saw it was already undersize. WTF? ahhhhh 40mm barstock not 50mm. Let's try again.
Despite assurances no local shop had 1.5" stem spacers. One an hour away did but were exxy. Thus I decided to make my own. Slotted for your pleasure, remember this takes no weight on a lefty and just holds the stem to height so thin is fine.
I was going to anodise this at home but by the time I bought all the stuff I didn't have it was not worth it. If I had heaps to do then absolutely but not just a single piece. Local businesses can do it but all have a minimum fuck around charge of at least $60 so a mist of black will do. Stem needs some colour too, maybe green...
And the fuckwit part? I made this 2.5 times. Grabbed a an offcut of 50mm bar about 75mm long, perfect. Cleaned up one end and centre drilled it. Turned the od to be nice and round, swapped ends and did the same. Machined it down to the od and started to cut out the V grooved centre. Set the DRO and went in to the correct dimension. Checked with the verniers... Hmmmm oversize still. Took another couple of mm off. Checked again and yep didn't zero the calipers the first time around. OK. Next offcut was already machined one end but was a bit shorter. OK time to clean that up. Got rid of the mill finish and glanced at the DRO and saw it was already undersize. WTF? ahhhhh 40mm barstock not 50mm. Let's try again.
