Okay, I have to come clean.
I've had multiple screwdrivers. I mean, I HAVE multiple drivescrewers. I mean ^hic^ scrivedrawers, er... uh... ^hic^
ahem
I had an hour tonight to get some work done. I'm on the steering stuff now, and that would be a lot less work if my parts weren't mostly rust! The NEXT Victim donated more parts, as did a couple of other nondescript bikes. The Polishing Wheel Of Death (PWOD) saw a lot of use this evening:
It was pretty icky!
I also cleaned up a pair of straight bars that were even worse, the stem, and then cut and shaped the stem as needed:
You might notice the stem has some cuts in it. There's a reason for that. The stem tube itself was oval, but of course the bar is round. Some cuts with a zip disk, some pounding with a hammer on the anvil of my vise, and this is the result. On the left, the original shape. On the right, the adjusted shape. I have to admit that I was pretty pleased with the outcome. It's my first time doing such a thing.
Of course there's still the other half of the stem to take care of, and I need to do some welding, but it's shaping up nicely. I'm in no hurry, I have time for the rod ends to get here still, plus there's a few other things I haven't worked out yet.