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Old 09-20-16 | 09:05 PM
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Chris W.
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Bikes: 76' Centrurion Pro-Tour, 86' Specialized Rock Hopper, 88' Centurion Iron Man, 89' Bruce Gordon "Hikari", 95' Rock Hopper Ultra.

Originally Posted by TimmyT
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.



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.
Funny you should ask. I've done two frames, the first was an 86' Rock hopper, this was for practice. The second was a Bruce Gordon Hikari that I'm converting to 650b. Yes, the cheap C-Clamp is getting pretty wonky. My next crimping tool will be made out of a large pair of Vice-Grips.
Cheers,
Chris
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