Cleanup still in progress but overall happy so far. What have I learned? Need to be more carefull with brass and try to keep away from hard to clean/file/sand spot. Will prep dropout more before brazing as well.
“Spring” – Getting Ready for Millwood
Welded to where I want it and ready to grind and paint!
Teach them to Fish
A self explanatory tour of fish creation. From the blade pile to the Art Auction!
Bicycle Fork Progress
Brazed in the drop outs. Slotting was a bit tricky but went well enough. Going to buy some stock for practicing that process more.
Next steps: cut blades to length and test the fork jig my nephew built for me.
Submitting to Millwod
Three items being submitted for Art at the Mill
Progress on Fork Blade Bender
Made good progress on fork blade bender this weekend. Got machined dies back from machinst buddy! Still some work to do on backing dies and calibration but bent a set anyway.
Once setup I should be able to bend both at once. Already had the Hossfeld Bender for other fab work so what the heck.
First set turned out good enough for the newbie.
Not titled
Inspired by David Smith. Stands about 7 feet. Steel remnants up to 3/4 inch thick give it a substantial presence.
Bicycle Fork in Progress
While my fork bending dies are being machined I started working on the crown and steerer tube assembly.
Alan Cyclocross
Finished building out the Alan!
Large Rings
Still not happy with this one yet but back to the two ring approach. Working on incorporating some stone.