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Fork Brazing
Hi everyone. I have a problem with a steel lugged fork with a bent steerer and a potential solution. For the sake of curiosity I would like to try to replace the steerer; unbraze it and braze in a new one. I want to know if anyone has attempted this operation and if so what were the results; perhaps you could answer some of my questions.. such as.. while unbrazing the steerer would the rest of the crown come apart? Perhaps someone has a jig design they could share...
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Hi everyone. I have a problem with a steel lugged fork with a bent steerer and a potential solution. For the sake of curiosity I would like to try to replace the steerer; unbraze it and braze in a new one. I want to know if anyone has attempted this operation and if so what were the results; perhaps you could answer some of my questions.. such as.. while unbrazing the steerer would the rest of the crown come apart? Perhaps someone has a jig design they could share...
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See THIS THREAD, particularly Dave Kirk's entry where he talks about all of the heat cycles the crown is subjected to when performing this operation.
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unbrazing a steerer from a crown is a mighty task, you will need a lot of heat, i cant imagine anything but a hearth brazing setup would make it do-able. a better alternative is to cut and grind the steerer out of the crown.
i wouldnt use that re-brazed fork for anything other than practice brazing.
i wouldnt use that re-brazed fork for anything other than practice brazing.
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unbrazing a steerer from a crown is a mighty task, you will need a lot of heat, i cant imagine anything but a hearth brazing setup would make it do-able. a better alternative is to cut and grind the steerer out of the crown.
i wouldnt use that re-brazed fork for anything other than practice brazing.
i wouldnt use that re-brazed fork for anything other than practice brazing.
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