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Health and Safety
I seem to recall someone once telling me “Health and Safety is everyone’s problem, or should that be responsibility”. When we attend framebuilding and welding ...
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Brass, Silver and Flux
Thus far I have used the following filler rods and fluxes on my projects and suspect they are the most widely used: BRASS: SIF 101, relatively ...
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Drawing Frames by Hand
After completing an initial frame building course I did not really have much idea about how to design a frame and have muddled along by ...
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My Route to Framebuilding
When I was a youngster in the late 60’s, early 70’s, every cyclist wanted a Reynolds 531 steel framed bike, preferably custom built by one ...
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Headbadges
Headbadges are maybe old fashioned now but still liked by custom framebuilders. there are makers in the USA who produce them in silver at a ...
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