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Nice that someone got the reference ;)

Really dos depend on the item. For example the paint on these forks was really stuck- no nooks and crannies for the process to work in, getting to this point took about a week- old fashioned paint remover would have been a better choice in this case: but it's awesome for chains- just set it...

Really depends on how 'stuck' the paint is. The water has to be able to get under it. And of course the closer you can get your donor metal to the piece you are cleaning the better. Here it is after 12 hours, almost all the paint ready to fall off- And after a very light pass with a brass...

Dig the idea there in the drawing there for the adjustable drops :)

Little Miss Sunshine, meet Mr. Tiger Saw. Eat you heart out Kim Lardassian, instant 5 pound weight savings. And into the electrolytic rust bath s/he goes. If you've never played with one of these, it's real live magic that would make your HS Chemistry teacher proud of you. Short version- take...

Dig the tires, whose are those? Schwinn Maximisers being so expensive (you really going to roll 35 year old $400 tires?) those look a pretty good "don't look too close" approximation.

Dig it. Those old kickstand tabs make for easy derailleur hangers :)

A little of this, a little of that goes int the pot, and what comes out the other end you hope is tasty. The inputs- '39 Schwinn to donate it's rear triangle, a bunch of 4130 tubing, a Mosso alloy 29er fork, a bunch of bits and bops from Nova Cycles to complete the frame, a '96 Homegrown to...

There are cheaper and simpler jig designs out there using 80/20, but I want something I can basically use as a pantograph if i want to- for example any cheap used frame/fork I find I just slap in the fixture which in addition the usual end cones for the HT and such would also have clamshell...

Same here, that's why I'm going to braze it. Just as strong if not actually stronger if done properly. The load of the joint is spread out farther and less heat. Just labor intensive (hence production shops no likey) and a few dozen grams heavier for the weight Weenies. Advantage to me is if I...

Sitting down with the guys at my semi-local 80/20 dealer in a couple weeks for some CAD time to build my jig to do just that :) Dunno if I'll finish an assembled bike in time, but the BO lights the fire under my butt to stop acquiring bikes and at least build my tooling... progress is progress...

Which leaves us bi-site-uals room for the Spring BMX B.O. ;)

It's a Christmas miracle! Or curse? So a couple weeks ago I'm randomly surfing CL and stumble across on of those mis-listed bikes you hope to find- "Blue Schwinn MTB- Homegrown model." So for the $100 asking price I beet feet over there even though the 19" frame would be too small, whatever...

$100 CL find today. Yes boys and girls, they're out there :) 1999 Homegrown Factory Suspension

Some butted 1 1/8" x .8/.6/.7mm top tubes (gunna run a 1 1/8" x 1.2mm strait thickness DT), a braze on seat clamp jobby and laser cut disk/derailleur drops I'm thinking if using instead of the adjustable ones. Was thinking of building a 650b/29er convertible with those adjustable drops, but I...

Oxy-acetelyne tanks in the hizzy, lathe gets bolted down and moved into the "done" column this weekend, Nova Cycle Supply got some more of my money this morning for the last of my tubing and some different drops to try out... all that's left in the "prep" column is to build the fixture and start...

If only there were a guy in the for sale section advertising that he custom turns 1 1/8 headsets to your spec (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, insert shameless plug here). ;)

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Well, you know where my vote lies, but I have a definite conflict of interest so I'll recuse myself. Frankly I don't see the difference between buying a 70 year-old frame, buying a brand new frame from china with a built in gas tank or cup holder, or me cutting and bending some tubes for a new...

And that Norco rebadge I mentioned: Like I say, everyone who rides these around here loves them- nice relaxed geo and bombproof... they just just don't get much love from the 4130 snobs (he said, looking around, rolling his eyes, coyly looking for any distraction to draw attention away from...