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    One of my favorite builds.

    Did you used to be a window cleaner?
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    Oh No, what have I done?

    If you budge it up a bit you could easily fit in a milling machine, just saying like ;)
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    Front wheels wobble on a street fox help

    Let me see - I could use a couple of rubber washers to fix the problem, or spend the rest of my life trying to figure out the cause. Hmm - difficult one that :LOL:
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    Front wheels wobble on a street fox help

    Sounds like a case of trike shimmy, a fairly common issue. Easily resolved by adding some stiction to the steering mechanism. Rubber washers did the trick for me (y)
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    Oh no ... not again ... Street Fox fail

    Your welds look a little on the cold side - not enough fusion going on. Maybe a few more amps, or slow wire feed down a tad?
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    Sourcing rims

    A method exists of strengthening a wheel by soldering the spoke crossover points. No experience of it myself, but I believe Emma may have done this in the past? Sounds like a good way to turn even cheapo wheels into robust bombproof ones (y)
  7. FrankCrank

    Home-Made Clothes rail for Dwarf's. ;-)

    Nice one Danny - somewhere to hang all your lycra (y)
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    Oh no ... not again ... Street Fox fail

    If it were me, I'd add another piece of box section thus:
  9. FrankCrank

    Others bikes throughout the world•DIY Freakshow

    OK Mr. Graucho, I forgive you for taking a holiday. Good to have 'em back (y)🆒
  10. FrankCrank

    110v welder

    Agree, it's much the same. You can go real thin with OA, but joint design is more important to give strength. Both hands are in use, same as TIG. Then there's fillet brazing, which I quess is another art/skill in itself. A benefit TIG would have over OA is the heat is more localised. Anyways...
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    110v welder

    A big advantage of TIG is you have full control of the weld - dry pass can be done to tidy things up if needed, and thin gauge wall is no problem. Cost and learning curve may be prohibitive for some, which is a shame.
  12. FrankCrank

    Any down side to using 1" tube?

    Thanks. This was my mk2 trike, if I ever do a mk3 I might choose round tube for a real challenge, and yes, it's nice not having to paint :)
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    Any down side to using 1" tube?

    Thanks for the mention Danny. Here's a couple of pics of my trike during build: As stated, 2"x1" stainless was used for the main sections, wall of sub 1mm. Reason I chose rectangular section was most loading is vertically. Additional struts added below seat area where most load applied, and...
  14. FrankCrank

    Mulin' Some H2O!

    Great looking machine, and nice colour - them dandelions won't see you coming
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