Custom Bicycle Build - Part 12
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Filing, sanding, and polishing work to prepare for painting.
Yamaguchi Stembuilding Class
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Design and construction of a stem to match the frame.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 10
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Final precision machining of bearing surfaces and frame alignment.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 9
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Final braze-ons and finishing work.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 8
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Finishing the structural welding and front fork.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 7
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Building the rear triangle.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 6
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Fillet brazing and lug attachment on the front triangle.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 5
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Performing the main structural welding of the front triangle and fork crown.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 4
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Compound miter joints, fitting up and tacking the front triangle.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 3
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Welding practice, more tube mitering, initial fit-up and tack welding.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 2
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Cutting and mitering tubes, followed by an introduction to braze welding.
Yamaguchi Framebuilding School - Day 1
Building a custom steel-framed bicycle. Introductions, history, measurements, design, and drafting.
A landscape of melted Nickel
In the end, this was a failure caused by poor process control. But at least it yielded something interesting to look at!
Slimming down a wrench
Sometimes you’ve got to pare down a tool to fit into a tight space…