Thanks, guys, for the support and kind words. The old putter sounds like the easy thing to do. What I made is very much like one of those mini golf putters.
Originally Posted by
Chris W.
I did pretty much the same thing except I welded the wedge to the clamp, worked great! I too put a hub in the Dropout's, but did notice that the rear end was tighter after crimping the chainstays (130 to 127).
In my effort to figure out how to do this, I contacted Mark Bulgier who did something similar recently. Because it was an experiment, he used one of his lower quality C clamps. After 2 frames, it started to get crunchy. My goal was to use the vise, but there isn't enough clearance.
How is your C clamp fairing, and how many frames have you done? I'm curious because I was thinking of going that route. I have at least one more frame to do.