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Basic Hand Tools

This of course does not include all the tools you need to build a frame up into a bike! 1. A Vice 2. Soft vice ...
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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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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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20 inch wheel Frame for Loopwheels (Sturmey Archer 3 speed)

Columbus Zona frame and forks. My first fillet brazed frame. Custom mudguards  
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26 inch Lugged Shopping Bike Frame with Custom Rear Rack

Tubing Columbus Zona, Forks Reynolds R. Rack 10mm chromo plain gauge
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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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Lugged Winter Road Frame

Tubing Reynolds 853, Columbus/Dedacciai rear triangle.
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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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Hot and Cold setting

The only adjustment needed on the first frame I built on my course was to adjust the chain stays for wheel twist before fitting the ...
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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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