#straightfromthetorch Frame building photos

Hobbyweld list two sizes of Acetylene bottles. 5 Ltr with £160 deposit and 15.9Ltr with £325 deposit.

I haven't a clue how much the actual gas costs

Ah OK, they never used to offer it. Propane still much cheaper..

This thread is giving me the weld-urge. Welding equipment must surely be a wise investment for the average homeowner? You would never have to buy a hat rack again.

I tried mig welding with a mate and its bloody hard. A lot harder than brazing imho. If I had the kit at home I'd ruin tons of hat racks.

Cheap tig welder, rent free gas. You're basically wreck less if you dont I'd say.

Quality seconds freeza rotor needed some modifications today...

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Mig is easier with a decent welder. Being able to have a constant wire speed makes things easier..

Pub gas with tig ;)

Here is a picture of me looking as council as I actually am. I build frames under the name "Staal". I also share a workshop with my mate Geoff Roberts, who trained me. We have recently bought a fuck ton of tubing and other bits and bobs so give me a shout if you need a nice set of tubing (loads of stainless) or some crappy practice stuff.

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Hello pal!

Pretty cushty set up with your workshop partner!

Got any 953 in the piles of tubes?

Geezer!

Yeah, I'm pretty lucky to be fair. I bought a jig off him a year or two ago and basically never left!

Yes mate, quite a bit. Give me a shout and I'll have a dig through.

A rather relaxed pose!

Is it common to be so far from the workpiece?

I've only done MIG, but you're right on top of it there.

Yeah, I look pretty chilled here! I think that's why this picture was taken.

Erm....this is just how I do it! As long as you control the temperature and don't overheat anything, it's cool. The flux should be a nice grey colour after with no (or minimal) black bits (burnt flux). Takes practice to get the brass to penetrate nicely without cooking the joint.

I use oxy-acetylene and didn't really get along with oxy-propane. A lot of very good builders use propane though and it's a lot cheaper and easier to get than acetylene!

Great photo! Looks like a man enjoying his work.

Propane?

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Cheers Howard. How could you not enjoy building bikes! :)

I can think of a lot of ways 🤣🤣🤣

my album from 2012 great british braze off @ lmnh

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNgHgWAsi-LrCt809EYrsQfkfEZnV_GHXZ94oIR

I still have the pieces they worked on for the demo, from memory the one on the left was Ryan/Robin and the one on the right was Ricky/Ted

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The constant beep beep beep of isens continues...

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Need more hooks, and generally more space. It's not the greatest idea manufacturing bulky items in London...

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Tearing through the argon for the 953.

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course done last year at http://www.kajakcustom.com/
inspired by rossin pista steep geo. brass brazed main tubes with silver brazed stainless dropouts.

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Enjoyed that Bike on your Flickr already. Really like the paint job!