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  1. Xyphota

    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    I'm using a 2005 miller dynasty 200 I picked up off kijiji a few weeks ago
  2. Xyphota

    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    This is a #9 air-cooled torch with a flex head and superflex cable/hose. When you make cylindrical welds, you have to rotate the torch as you move around your circumference, and the superflex hose and smaller (lighter) #9 torch body make this a bit easier todo while keeping the torch steady. If...
  3. Xyphota

    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    Thanks! I did have two small blow-throughs which were on the non-mitered tube, heatsink backed, so that was a bit surprising lol. The tacks on my head tube made a small riser on the backside of the tube. I tried filing them down a bit before welding, but maybe they were still proud enough that...
  4. Xyphota

    3D Mouse Recommendations

    I have a spacemouse, and It is definitely a high quality product that is worth the money if you do a tonne of CAD. During my internship, I had to make technical drawings and clean up an assembly in SolidWorks that had several thousand parts in it. I think 90% of the benefit of the spacemouse is...
  5. Xyphota

    How can I add a togglable magnets to my bicycle frame fixtures?

    That's pretty neat! I'll admit that at present I'm looking more for something off the shelf I could purchase. Too many projects already on the list haha! I found this article that explains toggling magnets a bit more. It looks like the serious switches all use steel enclosures so that the...
  6. Xyphota

    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    Got the front triangle welded up! Tomorrow I start on the rear end. These welds wont be winning any awards, but I think they'll do lol. Feedback is welcome :).
  7. Xyphota

    How much should I sell my old mill for?

    Well nonetheless it's very impressive! I think this would probably be closer in value to a RF-45 clone than a RF-30 clone. It looks pretty stout and the horizontal capabilities add some value so I would try to find current or recent listings for some of those machines to use as reference. I'm...
  8. Xyphota

    Tips/Techniques Feedback on Brazing techniques and results

    I should add that most of the tubing above 0.035" at spruce aircraft is more reasonably priced. If you look at my bicycle projects thread, the recent posts are about tubing vendors.
  9. Xyphota

    How much should I sell my old mill for?

    Wow is that mill a DIY build? It'd be hard to put a value on something like that. I don't know that I have any helpful suggestions for value, I just wanted to inquire about the origins of it. If it is a DIY machine, I don't think you are going to get very much for it, but being in...
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    Tips/Techniques Feedback on Brazing techniques and results

    I just checked spruce aircraft, and their 1" x 0.028" tubing is $40/foot, so it would actually be cheaper for me to sacrifice this seat tube LOL.
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