Neutral How to build a Sportster gas tank for dummies....and cheapskates.



For the few that might still be reading now I will assume you are either so foolish or such tightwad losers (speaking for myself here) that you dont have a garage full of 20 ton, $60000 industrial age forming machinery but still to want take a crack at making your own gas tank anyway.



I am NOT going to cover shrinking/stretching theory here because Mark at Midnight

http://clubchopper.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=60





Tools you will need:

Pencil, scissors and paper

Shears (either electric or hand powered)

Angel grinder (best tool ever invented after the hammer of course )

The afore mentioned Hammer and dolly (the more the better)

A welding rig (I usually O/A or TIG but not sure MIG couldn't work?)

1 sheet at least 36 X 36 of 18 gauge sheet metal (really anything 16 to 20 gauge will work fine)



Here is the pattern that I use . I will try to set up a PDF or some type of download if there is any interest so you can just print it off cut it out and then transfer it to your sheet metal.

If you want to know the "proper" way to build a Sportster styled gas tank then you can stop reading here an download the Jesse James tutorial "Metal Church" off YouTube. That is a great instructional video that will show you all the multitude of tools, experts and time you will need at your disposal to be able to even attempt make a Sportster style gas tank.For the few that might still be reading now I will assume you are either so foolish or such tightwad losers (speaking for myself here) that you dont have a garage full of 20 ton, $60000 industrial age forming machinery but still to want take a crack at making your own gas tank anyway.I am NOT going to cover shrinking/stretching theory here because Mark at Midnight Oil has done an excellent article on that already and if you are going to start this project then reviewing what Mark wrote here is a great primer;Tools you will need:Pencil, scissors and paperShears (either electric or hand powered)Angel grinder (best tool ever invented after the hammer of courseThe afore mentioned Hammer and dolly (the more the better)A welding rig (I usually O/A or TIG but not sure MIG couldn't work?)1 sheet at least 36 X 36 of 18 gauge sheet metal (really anything 16 to 20 gauge will work fine)Here is the pattern that I use . I will try to set up a PDF or some type of download if there is any interest so you can just print it off cut it out and then transfer it to your sheet metal.





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