Shiny

Just have the fork to finish up the fork tonight and then off to paint tomorrow. Thanks, Joe! All of my DT lugs for the dirt road and cross bikes will be back from the engraver tomorrow. Then it will be dirty bike central around here.

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S&S Road

This was a fun one to build after doing 5 straight 60+cm frames! Since the S&S couplers add quite a bit of stiffness to the frame, we went with standard diameter tubing and a nice light set of stays. We also set up the bike with maximum clearance on the brakes and fender mounts for the spring mess. Many thanks, Chris and Mike!

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Day 3: Lincoln Electric’s GTAW (TIG) welding class

Day 3 kicked off with a lecture on AC welding on aluminum and magnesium. We only practiced on aluminum, but the techniques and machine setup are similar between the two materials. Both materials form oxides on their surface that melt at much higher temperatures than the parent metal underneath. These oxides need to be removed while welding, and the electrode positive half-cycle of the alternating current is what breaks them…

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Day 2: Lincoln Electric’s GTAW (TIG) welding class

Day 2 was all about stainless. We began the day at 8am with approximately 90 minutes of lecture. We started with some basic metallurgy and went over the different families of stainless. We then talked about some of its physical characteristics and really focused on its thermal conductivity and why stainless wraps the way it does. Then we went into machine settings and techniques. Pulse was introduced and we were…

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Day 1: Lincoln Electric’s GTAW (TIG) welding class

Hi everyone,As part of my long-term plan for Zanconato Custom Cycles, I am attending Lincoln Electric’s 1-week TIG welding class this week. I love lugs. Let me get that right out there. I want to build lugged bicycles for the rest of my career. They are uniquely beautiful, and that beauty was one of primary motivators that drove me to build my first frame back in 1998. But I’ve wanted…

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