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The Fuel Tank 1:1

The Fuel Tank 1:1 -  Team members: Daniel Camacho z5113840 Ryan Johann z5118301 Branko Cosic z5060413 The Second assignment for BEIL0014 was to create a 1:1 motorbike fuel tank out of aluminium using the metal forming techniques learnt from assignment 1. In teams we were required to choose one of three tanks to construct; Peanut shape tank found on a Harley 883 Iron or a taller, squarer tank found on the Yamaha IT250 or a custom tank found on a Honda CB550. My team and I chose to do the custom Honda CB550 tank. Material: Aluminium sheets 50mm Plywood 4x screw and bolts Tools used: Nylon mallets  Dolly hammer Sand bags Spanner Custom wooden tools English wheel Wooden stump Guillotine Metal dolly Shrinker  Boben sander Approach: Having selected the CB550 tank that was modelled in a modelling program called Grasshopper and having previous experience in the program, we knew we could further push the boundaries of the design to create something mo