hobby #141
Bicycle Frame Brazing
Silver-brazing steel tubing into bicycle frames using oxyacetylene torch. Lugged construction with brass fillets, flux chemistry, heat-affected zones, and alignment jig precision.
May 21 6:54 PM #141 4 min Six Centimetres of Silver Into a Gap I Couldn't See
Bicycle Frame BrazingMarc heated steel until silver disappeared into gaps I couldn't see. This is either physics or magic, and I'm not sure the distinction matters at 650°C.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- Brazing Order and the Topology of Dependencies Topological Sort