http://www.danbailey.net/1142/longweekend-recap cyclist, writer, font designer, geek, builder of bicycle frames Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.danbailey.net/1142/longweekend-recap/comment-page-1#comment-848 Dan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:42:27 +0000 http://www.danbailey.net/?p=1142#comment-848 <a href="#comment-846" rel="nofollow">@randomdreams</a> You and me both. @randomdreams
You and me both.

]]> http://www.danbailey.net/1142/longweekend-recap/comment-page-1#comment-846 randomdreams Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:30:42 +0000 http://www.danbailey.net/?p=1142#comment-846 Very cool! I can't wait to see them in a frame. Very cool!
I can’t wait to see them in a frame.

]]> http://www.danbailey.net/1142/longweekend-recap/comment-page-1#comment-842 Dan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:27:22 +0000 http://www.danbailey.net/?p=1142#comment-842 Okay, so I took 1/4" plate steel, traced the outline of Shimano's track dropouts onto it. Then I cut away most of the steel using a band saw. I then used a sander to get them close to the final shape. Once I had common reference points between the two pieces, I TIG-welded them together at the seam in a few spots to hold them in the same place. The axle slots were cut with a milling machine. I then did the drill-outs (my own design) and countersinking of them using a drill press. I went through and used the sander again to grind them into identical shapes, which also had the benefit of removing the spot welds. The slid right apart after that. Polished them up a bit so they'd look nice for the picture and called it done. Okay, so I took 1/4″ plate steel, traced the outline of Shimano’s track dropouts onto it. Then I cut away most of the steel using a band saw. I then used a sander to get them close to the final shape. Once I had common reference points between the two pieces, I TIG-welded them together at the seam in a few spots to hold them in the same place. The axle slots were cut with a milling machine. I then did the drill-outs (my own design) and countersinking of them using a drill press. I went through and used the sander again to grind them into identical shapes, which also had the benefit of removing the spot welds. The slid right apart after that. Polished them up a bit so they’d look nice for the picture and called it done.

]]> http://www.danbailey.net/1142/longweekend-recap/comment-page-1#comment-840 randomdreams Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:33:27 +0000 http://www.danbailey.net/?p=1142#comment-840 When you say 'handmade'...? Did you cut them with a jeweler's saw or with a milling machine or by paper-composing g-code for a laser cutter? They look very nice. When you say ‘handmade’…? Did you cut them with a jeweler’s saw or with a milling machine or by paper-composing g-code for a laser cutter?
They look very nice.

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