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Ben Cooper (@bencooper)
11/05/2012 10:55
A flatpack frame building jig, which costs 1/10th what jigs normally cost......
http://www.flatpackfoundry.com/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=50
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"flatpack frame building jig"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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This has been pretty much universally slammed in framebuilding circles. Woodbased jigs can and do get used but are always one shot deals, having to make a new one per frame; welding torches burn.
Interesting idea, but for that sort of money will get you a DIY adjustable jig built from aluminium extrusion if you're willing to put in a bit of time.
Posted 12 years ago # -
i'm still in the market for a wheel jig, but can't be bothered going down the DIY route.
have found myself hovering over the order button here a few times:
http://www.webbline.co.uk/default.asp?pID=11
but for £52 it seems too good to be true.
any recommendations?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Wwhat sort of flapjack is so immense that it requires a jig to build it?
Posted 12 years ago # -
@bax: You might want to look at something like this:
Feedback/Ultimate Truing Stand Station, which I use myself.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Arellcat - I have the feedback workstand, so this would be a good compliment, but it looks like you have to true one side at a time, and switch over, am I right? How much of a hassle is this in practise? and does the automatic dishing work?
Posted 12 years ago # -
At the risk of derailing the thread in proper CCE tradition:
Bax, no, you true both sides as usual. The rim is a fixed width so you only need a gauge on one side. Correct dish is found by doing a light tensioning, then swapping the wheel around, checking the gap between rim and gauge and halving it and doing another light tensioning in the appropriate direction. A dishing tool would do that job a little more conveniently though. The gauges themselves are sprung tool steel and ratchet in and out in 0.25mm increments. I generally swap the wheel around in the stand three or four times during a build.
If I was building wheels professionally though, I'd be using a Hozan or Kestrel or Park truing stand.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Thanks, that clarifies it.
Agreed, a Hozan would be splendid.
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