Finally finished this fork. These are very time consuming and difficult to build but end up looking unique and industrial. Unlike a normal fork crown that the fork blades slip into, double plane crowns are completely loose before brazing so extreme care must be taken to ensure every part stays square. The blades on [...]
Polishing a drop out
Here is a step by step pictorial of me polishing a drop out face. Polishing stainless steel is very time consuming and hurts the hands. Polished lugs can easily take 8 hours or more (not including recovery time for my hands). I prefer polished stainless to chromed steel for a number of reasons. Stainless is [...]