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06-30-13, 02:11 AM
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unusual bike
This is what I have been building for the last 3 Months thought it might be of interest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPe8P5Jsg_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPe8P5Jsg_A
06-30-13, 03:54 AM
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That is wonderful. I really love your bent wood technique, it blends itself so well to your trike's body. I would love to see it in real life. Congratulations on such a beautiful trike.
06-30-13, 08:24 AM
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Very nice execution. What did you use for gluing the laminations, and did you laminate by clamping the beech layers over a form of some kind?
Lastly, what fuel do you plan to use for heating the water?
Congratulations!
Lastly, what fuel do you plan to use for heating the water?
Congratulations!
06-30-13, 03:07 PM
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thank you
the glue was gorilla glue,the wood is europern beach,15 laminations of 2mm,and yes I made a perfect body form and clamped,37 clamps.am preasently building the steam engine and it will run on gas,Here in Hawkes Bay, NZ we have 186km of of road cycleways and I intend to use it there.It is a very unatural position when pedaling Lyn
the glue was gorilla glue,the wood is europern beach,15 laminations of 2mm,and yes I made a perfect body form and clamped,37 clamps.am preasently building the steam engine and it will run on gas,Here in Hawkes Bay, NZ we have 186km of of road cycleways and I intend to use it there.It is a very unatural position when pedaling Lyn
06-30-13, 04:24 PM
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Looks great - Do you really plan on a steam engine...
06-30-13, 04:42 PM
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Wow! totally classic and sure to be vintage one day, so perfectly appropriate to this forum, assuming a liberal definition of the word "bike."
06-30-13, 06:55 PM
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WHY NOT a steam engine i'm retired and these projects keep me out of trouble,and you meet different people with different interests
06-30-13, 07:03 PM
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Oh, don't take MY comments seriously. No one else does, I assure you.
