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Revision as of 21:51, 18 January 2007
The Problem
After modifying the EBB of my Zion frame to reduce weight, I will now cut the shell of the frame down to 2 3/16" from 2 3/4" to match the new width of the cam. This is a lot of heavy steel that is not being used for anything.
The Cam
The modified cam is 2.1875" wide.
The EBB Shell
The original shell. 68mm 2.677"
Centered on the DRO
A boring bar was used taking about 4 passes to face the shell down. This was because it would take too much time to fixture up a nice ridged set-up.
If I had not reamed the shell bore round and fit a shim already, I would use this set-up to bore the shell bore round and to a usable size.
The final pass of the first side about to happen.
One side done.
The shell mod complete. 42 grams off the frame.
The finished mod. 96 grams gone.
