Suzyj
Did you clock the head perpendicular to the axis.
And that is a novel approach clamp it down on wood
with the clamp in the middle
But if it works
You'd be amazed what you can get away with if you take light cuts
Working out how to clamp it took a little while on account of the odd shape. I figured it was fairly stout, so clamped it in the middle, applying only modest pressure. Before boring, I centred it with a dial gauge in a collet, and got it within about 0.02mm of middle top and bottom, so I figured my clamp wasn't bending the triple excessively. The mill I used has been very accurately set up so all the axes are perpendicular - it's one of the nicer ones at work
One other thing I did was to put bits of 3mm aluminium sheet in the slots, and do the pinch bolts up on those, to ensure nothing would vibrate.
I did a test fit this evening with my new clipons (thanks TAftonomos). Getting all the cables and brake lines etc to fit in is a huge PITA.
The shiny fork legs look, well, shiny
Now to pull the triple back off for painting, before the final assembly. Then I'll swap the brakes over. If everything goes well, I should have it sorted over the weekend.
