Tools // Dan // August 30, 2013 // no comments
Last week, I was in the throes of building a fork. It was late, I was tired, and somehow one of the bolts securing the disc brake tab wound up stuck in the fixture. It went in smooth as silk, but bound up on the way out. The bolt snapped off almost instantly. After throwing some non-essential shit around the workshop and swearing up a storm, I snapped a photo of it entitled “Goddammit!”…
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Tools // Dan // June 23, 2013 // no comments
While I do covet an Anvil Journeyman 3.1 frame fixture, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll be able to afford one anytime soon. Hell, I can’t even afford a chainstay fixture at less than a fourth the price. Thus, I’m starting to scribble plans to build my own fixture to replace my aging and slow-to-use Bringheli.
A few days ago, I spent some time noodling some notes on the matter,
The Notes on…