Originally Posted by oknups
Greg,
What do you have, and what do you intend to spend in the way of tooling?
What've I got, nothing much beyond basic household tools.
I've got access to oxy-acetylene equipment for brazing and silver soldering and a good friend who is handy with most any type of welding, though he tells me that if you're patient you can get the welder for a decent price and bottle rental isn't outrageous.
From what I read, the first step will be measuring everything up, then making myself a good, straight jig. I've subscribed to the framebuilder's mailing list and have been lurking there the last week. Sounds like ideally some way of machining the mitres (hole saws with drill presses and jigs to hold the tubes the right angle) would save a lot of time. Though if I'm just doing the one frame for now, how nasty is doing it by hand with hacksaw and file?
Acquiring/borrowing tools as I go is probably how it will be done. I've got an unused garage to hold the project if it's in the warmer months, and a basement workshop if I want to work on it in the winter, though loud noise and noxious fumes are a nono inside the house.
-Greg