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mark
May 06, 2008 11:29 pm
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making tall bikes (welding)
i have a welder... someone give me (and brian) lessons!
will pay with beer and charm!
reddan
May 07, 2008 7:29 am
Posts: 562
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
Wot kind o' welder be ye speakin' of, laddy?
I know my way around such things...schedule's stupid-full until late June, but I'm sure a short tutorial could be arranged before then.
mark
May 07, 2008 9:44 pm
Posts: 560
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
a little old craftman arc welder... i don't know much about welding! its on the northside so maybe you can stop by sometime?!
reddan
May 07, 2008 10:18 pm
Posts: 562
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
Yeah, I can do that...mebbe next week sometime.
Drop me an email Sunday or Monday, let me know what your schedule looks like. And, if ya can, send me a pic and/or model info of the welder.
mark
May 08, 2008 10:50 pm
Posts: 560
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
ok! i am working on a sailboat on the coast of NC right now (i know... poor me...) but i will be back the 21st, i'll get back to you then with pertinent information!
erok
Jun 16, 2008 10:03 am
Posts: 929
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
i've made several tall bikes in my day. hit me up for some advise or questions if you want. i'm not going to have much time until after the 4th
Caped Avenger
Jun 17, 2008 12:21 pm
Posts: 47
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
I wonder if FreeRide offers something like this...
mark
Jun 19, 2008 12:59 pm
Posts: 560
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
free ride does have a welder, but the times i've asked about it there has been hesitence
erok. the welder is at brian's house on the northside, would you come do a tutorial one day?!
also, dan, i have been out of town every weekend till now, but i will be here this weekend, i'll write you an email!
erok
Jun 19, 2008 2:34 pm
Posts: 929
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
i could prolly do that. i don't know how to use a tig welder very well, only a mig.
it's not that we were hesitant, just busy. and really don't get out there to weld as much as we'd like.
reddan
Jun 19, 2008 2:52 pm
Posts: 562
RE: making tall bikes (welding)
erok, TIG's probably easier than MIG, at least for messing with thin-wall tubes. It's like better-controlled gas welding, if you've ever done any of that sort of thing. Oh, yeah, and you can do aluminum and titanium(!) pretty easily with TIG.
Pity the TIG machines costs so much more. :-( I've been lusting after one for a while...
