Originally Posted by
dsaul
Do you do the left leg second? My fork fixture allows some movement of the steerer tube in the clamp. I found that the expansion, from brazing the first leg, pushed the crown and steerer up slightly and had the effect of pulling the other leg out of the crown a small amount. This caused the second leg to be slightly longer than the first. The fix was to evenly heat both legs until they were close to brazing temp and then do each one individually.
Right, that was my thought that something in the sequence is pulling the steerer/crown away from the one leg. My steerer is clamped 'gently' with toggle clamps in 2 axes and the crown is brazed to the steerer. I think Brent mentions something about brazing the crown/legs together at one sitting results in straight forks - it could be to avoid this shifting. I'm building another fork this weekend finishing up another project so, I'll look at this. Thanks