Forum: The VSalon Framebuilder Forum

I've been slotting the chainstay at an angle to receive the dropout for silver or brass brazing. I'm starting to think about other ways of doing...

Campagnolo seems to do a good job of providing framebuilders with specifications on their website, but I can't find much information for Shimano or...

Can any of you recomend a simple 2D drafting program that could generate a file that could be read by a waterjet or lazer or cnc routing machine? ...

Last year we didn't really uderstand the cost of crate storage for the show and we were pretty surprised by the $600 bill posted in our booth Friday...

I am out and need some. QBP is out. Who might have some? Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? DW

Other than buying/making an appropriate jig, any specific issues I need to think about? I know I need a crown that's relatively wide (cross tire),...

Are there any drawings of the S bend road and cyclocross stays from Columbus floating around?

I have been using a friends jig for a while and now want to buy my own I would like your thought on what I should get. I am doing luged frames. I...

i am retooling for my return to the bench and am replacing all of my files. we had that thread a while back and i was convinced to get the grobet...

If anybody's looking, this looks pretty interesting: ...

I found this gallery posted by Titus to be pretty interesting from a manufacturing point of view. The STACKS of jigs puts the work of these...

Now that we're building more frames in-house, I find myself short of frame boxes. I still get some from other suppliers and I hit most of the local...

recently updated - http://www.richardsachs.com/howframesaremade.html lmk if you have any links to add atmo. xxoo...

any concerns using 304 to make hooded/breezer/wright style dropouts instead of 17/4? the reason i ask is i have a line on some overstock 304 and why...

Whats the measurement for the caliper mounting hole on and Edge fork. Trying to figure out where the pads end up in the slots so I can match in the...

Hey gang, I've finally put some photos of the new shop up on flickr. Find the whole set here:...

What's the story with this front der. mount? -Joel

been getting lots of questions so i figured that i'd just put stuff up here for all. Garro. these pics: Aufhauser 680 brass-nickle, super milky blue...

looking for one each of the following two tubes: - part no. SS4120 31.75 6/4/6 wall 650 length long butt (L1 120 L2 130) - part no. SS4230 34.9...

Hi all, My shop is attached to my house; it's essentially a 24x28 room. I have my compressor in the room at this point; for many tasks (a quick hit...

i need to retool and can't find the equal to what i tossed when we left episcoville. i had a dayton (granger) table top belt sander that used 1" X...

Hi, I'm looking for a painter in the Chicago area. A bike we recently shipped showed up with a 'chip' on one of the seatstays - and no it didn't...

Folks, I don't like breaking protocol, but I am in an odd position. Is there ANYONE else that does high quality bicycle frame decals on par with...

normally i make my own but need another large surface asap and don't wanna bother with woodworking. do you all ever buy these rather than bang them...

Is anyone out there using Brasage Fillet pro and if so what are the opinions? Currently I am using Gasflux C04 but I would like something that...