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12-21-22, 07:35 PM
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Paul Brodie
I’m not a framebuilder, but I sure wish I was. I really like watching Paul’s videos and thought some of you might enjoy hearing about his life experiences. If you’re interested, he has a channel on youtube and his most current video is about his life. The video is “The TRUE Story of brodie’s bikes // Paul Brodie’s Shop”.
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+frame+builder
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+frame+builder
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Thanks for helping and putting that up. I’m not sure what happened to the link I posted or what BF policies are on posting links like that.
12-21-22, 10:34 PM
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I watched this vid just last night. Very interesting. But I am a child of that time so what would you expect. Being East Coast I am less familiar with some of his references of people he worked with still the stories are very similar to others I have heard elsewhere. Some people can be so inwardly focused to not care or even think of the wake they leave behind.
I've been doing this hobby building for a long time and watching his teaching how to silver braze a water bottle boss was eye opening in how he aimed his flame. I'll have to try his method.
Watching his vids reminds me of Chicago 1985 when the local shops/clubs were invited to view a pre release showing of "Breaking Away". The theater audience understood the riding scenes and clapped and reacted at the crush points. This is what I do with Paul's vids.
I am glad he is back in his shop, recovers well and continues to give us insights to both fabricating stuff and his industry experiences. Andy
I've been doing this hobby building for a long time and watching his teaching how to silver braze a water bottle boss was eye opening in how he aimed his flame. I'll have to try his method.
Watching his vids reminds me of Chicago 1985 when the local shops/clubs were invited to view a pre release showing of "Breaking Away". The theater audience understood the riding scenes and clapped and reacted at the crush points. This is what I do with Paul's vids.
I am glad he is back in his shop, recovers well and continues to give us insights to both fabricating stuff and his industry experiences. Andy
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I looked at what you posted originally, and you used the wrong tags somehow on your link. There is noting wrong with posting youtube links on Bikeforums.
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I looked at what you posted originally, and you used the wrong tags somehow on your link. There is noting wrong with posting youtube links on Bikeforums.
If your post comes out differently than you expect, I suggest editing it and clicking on the "source" button in the toolbar above the edit box. That way you can see what's going on. I think if you had just removed the incorrect tags, it would have parsed the url properly. A link will have "url" in square brackets.
If your post comes out differently than you expect, I suggest editing it and clicking on the "source" button in the toolbar above the edit box. That way you can see what's going on. I think if you had just removed the incorrect tags, it would have parsed the url properly. A link will have "url" in square brackets.
12-22-22, 10:58 AM
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I was thinking the same thing. I'm curious how this technique would apply to lugs. I would think that a more diffused heating makes more sense for a lug joint vs. a small braze on.
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His channel is a real service.
I like that repurposed coping saw. I wonder if I have an extra saw lying around.
The thing with a heavy piece and a light tube is you can aim the flame at the heavy part. So with lugs, you mostly heat the lugs. Or the braze on, in the case of the video. The other thing he didn't talk about is you can just point the flame away. Sometimes I think I probably look like a hyperactive monkey when I braze.
I like that repurposed coping saw. I wonder if I have an extra saw lying around.
The thing with a heavy piece and a light tube is you can aim the flame at the heavy part. So with lugs, you mostly heat the lugs. Or the braze on, in the case of the video. The other thing he didn't talk about is you can just point the flame away. Sometimes I think I probably look like a hyperactive monkey when I braze.
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So, yes, I agree. Andy
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Brazing a bottle boss is dealing with a huge difference of contact surface area, WRT the amount of edge between the two parts. meaning that the boss has so little area to have the filler flow into and has a lot of access to the outside world (which the flame and the filler rod are in). A lug has very little edge (shoreline) compared to the internal surface area, resulting in the need to use capillary action a lot more when filling a lugged joint.
So, yes, I agree. Andy
So, yes, I agree. Andy
Can you point me towards the water bottle boss brazing info?
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I posted the same question and then deleted it because it's his previous video, "how to silver solder"
