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Some absolutely stunning work shown on the website and the accompanying Flickr pages atmo.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedaller2009/
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Welcome Vlad. Your work is beautiful, still taking it in. Thanks to you for participating and hope to meet and ride someday.
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Wonderful story, wonderful workmanship. Welcome
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i like your philosophy and also the one behind the brand, and also your courage to step into such a specific market.
and of course your brilliant craftmenship documented in you flickr.
Keep up the good work!
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Our communication helped me to prioritize what was important in building the frame; is it made for the customer to satisfy his needs or do I make it to satisfy my own ego? These days in Japan it’s quite common to see young builders doing all crazy stuff trying to impress each other by using exotic shapes and decorative details. In that respect I’m very grateful to my teacher for setting me up on the right track from our first meetings.
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Too Tall
Welcome Vlad. Your work is beautiful, still taking it in. Thanks to you for participating and hope to meet and ride someday.
Josh , thank you very much for the kind words this forum is a truly amazing place
and I’m honored to become a part of it .
If by any chance you’ll be traveling to Japan - give me a shout , there are lot of beautiful places to have a nice ride .
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Wonderful story, wonderful workmanship. Welcome
Tim I'm glad you enjoyed the story , will keep posting on my progress .
Thanks a lot for embracing .
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Pippo
i like your philosophy and also the one behind the brand, and also your courage to step into such a specific market.
and of course your brilliant craftmenship documented in you flickr.
Keep up the good work!
Just wanted to express my personal attitude to the frame building -
performance and function , simplicity in construction , looking beyond the form .
Same time I can appreciate any kind of artistry if someone likes to spend and extra hours at the bench I got no objections whatsoever .
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Are you still using a minimum of tools in your work?
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The list was pretty simple: iron surface plate, drill press, bench grinder, a few files, bevel protractor, height gauge and acetylene set up.
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Are you still using a minimum of tools in your work?
No , not really . My tool box progressed according to my skill .
But I find being " in the raw " first half a year helped me a lot , it would definitely miss something if I got everything in the beginning , even it wasn't so pleasant experience .
Once my hands started to cut straight and eyes to see I moved forward looking for efficiency in production .
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Following you now on Flickr. Those are the nicest fillets!
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Welcome Vladimir
Some interesting phrases/thoughts on your story!
Konnichiwa!
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Following you now on Flickr. Those are the nicest fillets!
Thanks a lot Nate ,
I kept an eye on your work already for a while too , you got some interesting solutions and I really like your paint jobs .
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Amaro Bikes
Welcome Vladimir
Some interesting phrases/thoughts on your story!
Konnichiwa!
Konnichiwa !
Arigatou for the warm greetings , pleased you liked the story .
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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/...1b33347b_b.jpg
by EQUILIBRIUM CYCLE WORKS, on Flickr
Fine fillet work indeed!
Looking through your Flickr pics and the few shop photos you have - it looks like a relatively small setup and no milling machines or lathes. Are you doing all of your mitering by hand or do you have a hidden machine shop in another corner? Have you "downsize[d] the fantasy"?
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Actually you right my work space is very small I got about 6square meters between the iron surface plate and jig where I do my finishing and brazing ,
but here is Japan and everything is relatively small compare to the other countries I perfectly got used to it long time ago .
I was on the budget when I started but wanted to become a builder by any means and my limited amount of tools didn't bother me much ,
as long as I had some gas to burn and some rod to melt I was fine.
Same time I could use my mentor's machinery if I needed to but anyway was mitering tubes by hand a few first months cause I believed it was unavoidable experience and the basic skill
that one must to master , it takes a time in the beginning but saves a lot afterwards .
There is a milling machine for cutting the tubes just behind the door got it from my mentor a year ago when he bought a new one , it didn't change
that much but on some occasions its very handy to have one .
I'm not against having extra fixtures or some machinery but if the one's hands not on the right place yet all short cuts will be only an obstacles .
My fantasy is huge but the means are small and I like it that way .
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That's how I see it , how much tools one needs to rock'n'roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-8y6MHjeZs
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I don't have a thing for handmade stems. These made me stop and stare for a while, however. Beautiful lines and proportion.
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