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@Tango130
I’ve recently started a ‘Frame Building for Beginners’ course provided by Salford City College.
The course is planned to run over 10 weeks on Thursday evenings 1830-2030. The cost of the course is £65 + £150 for materials, personally I think this is a bargain! There are no entry requirements to undertake the course but I would say it’s beneficial if you have general DIY skills. The course can accommodate unto 8 people.
I will be building a fixed gear lugged frame with 4130 Alloy Steel.
My background, I have served a 4 year Engineering apprenticeship, 1 year of which was spent in a training school learning fittings skill etc.
I will be to use this thread to document my progression throughout the course:
Week 1 – Introduction
Introduction etc, general tour of the workshop, and learning how to produce a mitre joint with a half round file. Darren the instructor explained that a cutting tool could be used to produce the correct profile but would be cheating slightly in learning the skill. To finish the class we were shown how to safely operate the Oxy Acetylene equipment that will be used during the brazing of the frame.
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Week 2 - Brazing
Building on last weeks mitre skill, we produced another joint to be brazed. As this was most peoples first time brazing this took most of the evening, but was definitely worth taking our time to understand the process. Tacking both sides of the joint and then tinning the copper round the joint. The joint needs a good clean up but pretty happy with my first attempt.
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