Anyways... after I had my gussets, moldings and mounts cut and ready to go... it was time to weld them in. One problem... I had never touched a welder in my life. I thought to myself... "I could just have my dad weld it" then decided there was no point in that. There was a lot of welding to be done so I fired up the TIG welder and went to town. My dad showed me how to lay a bead and told me to practice. I layed down two beads and said fuck it... time to bugger up my frame.
I am posting these pictures to show how I went about building my bike. I don't and never will consider myself a "Bike Builder" I didn't have a clue how to do any of this before I started.... so this is not a "How To" or Educational post. Do not take my advice because it was all trial and error. I didn't read books or take any classes. I just used a little common sense and other peoples tools. When I found myself in a bind I called some good friends to give me some pointers along the way.
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I started with the Motor mount and neck gussets
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As you can see I just went to town welding. I didn't even tack the piece down before finish welding nor did I completely clean the welding surfaces. I learned fast that heat will move metal around pretty quickly.
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The neck and front leg area.
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All the welding on this frame sharpened me up pretty quickly with a welder
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Starting to look a bit more sexy!
2 comments:
This is great! The hours spent must've been huge.
Don't beat yourself up Kid, there is NO school that can teach your style! Face it you are a bike builder and a teacher !!! BE PROUD!!! YOU EARNED IT!!!
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