[sikocycles]

Toobs

 

[buckoW]

Nice!

Are you going to miter those tubes by hand or wait for the Bridgeport?

 

[sikocycles]

Will miter the tubes with a Bridgeport at work then fine tune with a file.

 

[sikocycles]

Heat sinks. The seat tube ones I bought used from Kris at 44 bikes. T47 and 44mm Headtube.
will start building next week.

 

[buckoW]

Heat sinks. The seat tube ones I bought used from Kris at 44 bikes. T47 and 44mm Headtube.
will start building next week.

Great! Those look cool.

These ones from Acoustic Cycles look nice too. The ones my friend uses are a bit more in the washers and tape style. He showed me the difference inside the tube with and without the gas. I thought that was only necessary for titanium... not sure where I got that.

 

[sikocycles]

Those look good also. I will need a BSA one soon enough also

 

[sikocycles]

Seat tube jig. Keeps it flat to index it to miter the BB. Hope it works. Miter tomorrow and weld it up

 

[lobsterCT]

That looks good. Assuming you are also using the mill to cut the top tube and downtube where they meet the head tube, how do you jig it up to deal with the incline of the tube relative to the plunge of the cut?

 

[buckoW]

How’s the build coming along @sikocycles?

 

[sikocycles]

Well I had a change of plans. Starting a gravel frame today. Mitering the seat tube later and will get it tacked and welded this weekend.

 

[Westy]

Curious as to what a setup like this costs?

 

[buckoW]

Well I had a change of plans. Starting a gravel frame today. Mitering the seat tube later and will get it tacked and welded this weekend.

Great! I’m looking forward to seeing the progress.

I think I‘ll make a miter jig like yours for the seattube. Did you make a jig for the DT too?

 

[buckoW]

Curious as to what a setup like this costs?

I think it’s better to not pay too close attention? The Farr Frameworks tools would be harder to justify and that’s no fun.

 

[jonKranked]

I only check in on this thread periodically, but love to see how it's coming together.

 

[sikocycles]

Curious as to what a setup like this costs?

Too much but I like tools and need a new hobby. As for the jig and things most of it was scrap except the 8020 parts.
Would of been alot cheaper to but a frame.
Welded seat tube yesterday and will post pics shortly.

 

[sikocycles]

Printed this up today for frame alignment. Anyone want the file let me know.

 

[Westy]

Printed this up today for frame alignment. Anyone want the file let me know. View attachment 165671View attachment 165672

No SuperBoost?

 

[sikocycles]

That’s the next one for fat bikes.
197-157-150-148

 

[slimshady]

Printed this up today for frame alignment. Anyone want the file let me know. View attachment 165671View attachment 165672

Noice! Could you send me the .stl file? A friend has ventured into frame making and could certainly make use of one of those!

 

[sikocycles]

Sent it your way. I am making a fat/superboost one soon

 

[6thElement]

Some of us are only 177mm fat

 

[buckoW]

Too much but I like tools and need a new hobby. As for the jig and things most of it was scrap except the 8020 parts.
Would of been alot cheaper to but a frame.
Welded seat tube yesterday and will post pics shortly.

How’d that seat tube to bb weld turn out?

 

[sikocycles]

Not bad but not great.

 

[buckoW]

Not bad but not great.

Can I see a pic? Are you pulsing or pedaling? I have a lot to learn and practice here!

I got some tubes and I’m currently practicing tube mitering, tig welding and building my frame jig. I want to start sticking some tunes together but I need some more skills and finish some bits.

 

[sikocycles]

Here is the fit up and weld. I am pulsing.
I was a p&ssy on the pedal at times.

 

[sikocycles]

Down tube mitered. Need clean it up a little with a file. Top tube tomorrow and drill bottle boss holes. Tack for welding over the weekend.

 

[buckoW]

That’s looking great! Did you make your own tubing blocks?

 

[sikocycles]

No. Paragon machine works. Not worth making.

 

[buckoW]

No. Paragon machine works. Not worth making.

Thanks!

 

[sikocycles]

https://www.paragonmachineworks.com/frame-building-tools/tube-blocks.html

Here are the ones I am using. They work great and help to phase the tubes.
I also have a Cobra miter daddy.

https://www.cobraframebuilding.com/store/p/the-miter-daddy

 

[sikocycles]

Tacked and checking alignment. It’s a little off but nothing a little bending won’t solve.
welding tomorrow.

 

[buckoW]

Nice work! It must feel pretty good getting to this point.

 

[Nick]

So, so rad.
That front triangle looks massive. What are you making here again?

 

[sikocycles]

61cm gravel bike. Will fit 40mm tires.
It did feel really good taking it out of the jig.

 

[sikocycles]

For the Philly bike show

 

[buckoW]

How’s the build coming along @sikocycles ?
Any cool new shop tools?

I made some good progress on mine yesterday. I need to buy some stouter profiled alu sections though. I have frame jig envy!
Here‘s where I’m at. Also, I think I want a Cobra Miter Buddy or I need to make something like it for the seat tube mitre. I couldn’t get even close to the angle I needed yesterday.

I made this seat tube holder yesterday. Because I want to copy existing geometry, I needed to be able to pull the frame out without loosing the position. It’s not perfect but I’m going to run with it.

 

[sikocycles]

Was at the Philly bike show this weekend. Will work on the frame this week. Hope to have the front triangle welded this week.

 

[sikocycles]

I bought a cobra yoke for the mountain build and a set of Ignite gravel cranks for the gravel frame

 

[buckoW]

His yoke designs are nice!

 

[sikocycles]

Yoke. Looks great