April 29, 2014

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Welding and Brazing Equipment Suppliers

I have at sometime used the services of most of the suppliers listed below: Gas UK, Contract free gases and a range of welding supplies.Tel: 0800 ...
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Welding Safety Links

HSE documents: Gas welding safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg297.pdf Pneumonia vaccination in welders http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/eis44.htm Take care with acetylene http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg327.pdf Safe use of compressed gases in welding and allied ...
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Framebuilding related Suppliers

St John St Cycles, 91-93 St John Street, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 5HXCustom framebuilding seems to lead to the need to purchase difficult to obtain parts ...
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Framebuilding related Resources

Matt Wilkinson’s grant sponsored report on frame building in the USA 2011. http://www.wcmt.org.uk/reports/891_1.pdf The Custom Bicycle. pdf download of 1979 book with chapters on framebuilders ...
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Framebuilding Supplies

CEEWAY: 80/82 West Street, Erith, Kent, DA8 1AQ, UKTelephone: 01322 442 990Website: http://www.framebuilding.com  http://www.ceeway.comOne stop supplier for all framebuilding requisites. REYNOLDS TECHNOLOGY – UNITED KINGDOM: Building ...
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Framebuilding Courses

BICYCLES BY DESIGN (Home of Swallow bicycles):   (NOW CLOSED Dec 2025)The John Rose Building, High Street, Coalport, Shropshire TF8 7HTTelephone 01952 459900Website: http://www.bicycles-by-design.co.uk DAVE ...
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Mea Culpa

MY SIGNIFICANT MISTAKES. I am sure there will be more: Cutting a mitre upside down. On my framebuilding course I managed to cut the second ...
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Book Reviews

The Paterek Manual for Bicycle Framebuilders Third Edition 2004. This used to be available direct from the author but his website appears to have gone ...
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953 Road Bike with Carbon Fibre Rear Triangle

Compact Road Bike: Reynolds 953 oversize main tubes. Columbus XCR head tube. Llewellyn XL compact stainless lugs. Dedacciai firebox carbon fibre rear triangle with matching ...
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Medium Weight Rohloff Tourer

Fillet brazed Reynolds 853. Columbus seat stays,Reynolds R fork blades. I admit I was inspired by the Thorn Mercury.
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SKARPER electric assist review

I was one of the first to order a Skarper electric assist device as promoted ...

Making Head Tube Cutters UPDATED

For my last three frame projects I chose a tapered head tube for a tapered ...

Proxxon Belt Sander

I recently purchased this 240v hand held belt sander, and wished I had done this ...
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