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  1. BevanTaylor

    Learning to braze

    Yea that’s pretty steep. What I have seen about it is that the stuff goes a long way. I suppose I could also fusion weld the joint I need to make, it’s not likely that he’s going to break it either way.
  2. BevanTaylor

    Learning to braze

    I'll pick some up next time I go by my local welding supply; next part of the balance bike will be the forks, and I think my design will work best with some silver solder rather than trying to get bronze to wick between two fairly tight tubes.
  3. BevanTaylor

    Learning to braze

    No, I don’t have one. Eventually I want to learn to tig, and I read that starting with gas welding is a good way to get the technique figured out without spending an arm and a leg on equipment. The I got watching Paul Brodie’s “framebuilding 101” YouTube series, where he does a bunch of fillet...
  4. BevanTaylor

    Learning to braze

    Thanks, I may just take you up on that! I've been coping my tubes with my angle grinder, but it's a bit tricky to do, a mill and a hole saw is the way to do it correctly, I think. I'll add some photos of the finished products next week, hopefully, though the wheels for the bike won't get in...
  5. BevanTaylor

    Learning to braze

    A couple of my current and recent projects to practice my oxy-acetylene brazing. I'm building a balance bike for my son, hopefully it will be done by the time he learns to walk! Future frames will probably benefit from some less sketchy fixturing, but I'm trying not to spend too much money until...
  6. BevanTaylor

    FreeCad Stuff

    I started with FreeCad this year, coming from Solidworks. It's done what I needed it to so far, but I want to try out the FEA capability. They have some really good tutorials on the wiki too.
  7. BevanTaylor

    Hello from Edmonton

    Thanks! I’ve seen a few videos on tig brazing, definitely something I’ll add to my arsenal once I’ve got a tig setup! For the moment I’m in a borrowed space, but tomorrow I’ll post some pictures of my current projects in the thread for that.
  8. BevanTaylor

    Hello from Edmonton

    Glad to have found this forum, looks like there's a lot of knowledgeable folks out there. I'm a mechanical engineer and aspiring bicycle frame builder. Towards that end I've been learning to do some oxy-acetylene welding and brazing, and hopefully soon I'll add a lathe to the mix!
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