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Forum: Framebuilders

10-23-14, 09:40 AM

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frame brazing start up costs... ugh

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Posted By Doug Fattic

I’ll just do a review of some equipment for...

I’ll just do a review of some equipment for making bicycle frames. My framebuilding class students expect me to know what equipment works best. Many of them live in large urban areas where buying...

Forum: Framebuilders

10-21-14, 08:40 AM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

Views: 23,181

Posted By Doug Fattic

Mark, there is no need to try and reinvent the...

Mark, there is no need to try and reinvent the wheel. On the various framebuilding forums is good advice (like Andy’s) among the bad on how to get started with brazing equipment and practice...

Forum: Framebuilders

10-19-14, 04:17 PM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

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Posted By Doug Fattic

Well my last sentence was referring to a pro...

Well my last sentence was referring to a pro builder and why they/me don’t recommend cheap equipment to beginning builders. One wouldn’t/shouldn’t expect someone just starting out with amateur...

Forum: Framebuilders

10-18-14, 10:13 PM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

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Posted By Doug Fattic

MRV, I recommend positioning your bosses to be...

MRV, I recommend positioning your bosses to be brazed so the brazing material will always flow evenly around them instead of it being able to run down one side. That almost always means the tube...

Forum: Framebuilders

09-24-14, 05:51 PM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

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Posted By Doug Fattic

Waterlaz, I'm in Europe now on my way to Ukraine....

Waterlaz, I'm in Europe now on my way to Ukraine. I arrive in Kiev Thursday September 25 (which is today) in the afternoon. I'll start teaching Yuriy how to fillet braze and make transportation...

Forum: Framebuilders

09-22-14, 12:49 AM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

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Posted By Doug Fattic

Mrv, what I think I hear you saying is that you...

Mrv, what I think I hear you saying is that you want to start learning how to braze by putting braze-ons on some old frames so eventually you can make a frame using Talbot’s book. I’ve been teaching...

Forum: Framebuilders

09-19-14, 08:47 PM

Replies: 64

frame brazing start up costs... ugh

Views: 23,181

Posted By Doug Fattic

This is the model I have. One advantage of a...

This is the model I have. One advantage of a Devilbiss over other manufacturers is that the plastic outlet barb (to attach the clear hose used to assist breathing) can unscrew from a brass size "B"...

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