A difficult birth...

That frame looks fantastic, I really like the decals. Did you make
them yourself?

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Suzy Jackson said:

PS: A bit of a write up about the process of losing ones mind in this
manner can be found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_fra-
me.htmlhttp://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.html

Excellent result, hope mum recovers from the birthing process

Not quite up to frame building yet, but I briefly lost my mind (and
few brain cells) yesterday morning while spray painting the new fram
for the proposed single speed. Should of wore the respirator mask.:

Superb finish on the final result there Suzy, you're an inspiration

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Wow. very impressive

yet another thing I would love to have a go at. no better way to be-at
one with the bike than to create it yourself. Enjoy (and keppum d
fingers outta them hurty bits! LOL

sprayed or powdercoated

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by Suzy Jackson After many months slaving over
mouse, files, brazing torch, emery cloth, skipping all together to
much training and racing, and more recently breathing those really wil
paint fumes, I can finally report the birth of a new bike

That's great Suzy! I love it when people have the ability t
complete and showcase this kind of work. I can't believe the troubl
you went to for those 'decals' (right word?) though! You ARE trul
mad! Great stuff! :

rhino
Check out the link provided for the details on making th
stickers/decals. It's the last item I think
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.htm

hipp

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On 14 Mar 2004 18:53:50 -0800, [email hidden] (Suzy Jackson)

Quoted message said:

Hi Guys,

After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.

Here 'tis:

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_1.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_2.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_3.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painthed_4.jpg

These photos are terrible, as they were taken this morning without
decent lighting, and of a half buffed frame, by someone who's been up
much too late over the last couple of days, breathing too many
fumes...

Got a bit excited, did you :-)

Quoted message said:

PS: A bit of a write up about the process of losing ones mind in this
manner can be found at
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.html

That is really great. I read every word of the write up and recommend
that anyone who hasn't at least dipped in should do so. You'll be
hooked :-)

Just a word of warning for anyone contemplating spraying polyeurathane
or epoxy based paints. I haven't seen the Imron warnings, but they
could be similar. Read the directions! You may need to use a full-face
mask with external air supply and even a laminar flow painting booth
if you don't want to get ill or even dead.

I've painted a few boats with Dulux Durathane. Fantastic paint ...
containing iso-cyanatyes, ISTR. There have been some nasty accidents.

Suzy, please keep us up-to-date with progress.

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Regards.
Richard.

Suzy Jackson said:

Hi Guys,

Quoted message said:

After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.

Quoted message said:

Here 'tis:

Quoted message said:

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_1.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_2.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_3.jpg
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_4.jpg

Quoted message said:

These photos are terrible, as they were taken this morning without
decent lighting, and of a half buffed frame, by someone who's been up
much too late over the last couple of days, breathing too many
fumes...

Quoted message said:

Cheers,

Quoted message said:

Suzy

Quoted message said:

PS: A bit of a write up about the process of losing ones mind in this
manner can be found at
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.html

That's really impressive Suzy. Very nice job.

Make sure you post some pics when it's built up.

--
Nick

"Suzy Jackson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
| Hi Guys,
|
| After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
| cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
| recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
| the birth of a new bike.
|
| Here 'tis:
|
| http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_1.jpg
| http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_2.jpg
| http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_3.jpg
| http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_4.jpg
|
| These photos are terrible, as they were taken this morning without
| decent lighting, and of a half buffed frame, by someone who's been up
| much too late over the last couple of days, breathing too many
| fumes...
|
| Cheers,
|
| Suzy
|
| PS: A bit of a write up about the process of losing ones mind in this
| manner can be found at
| http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.html

Great work, story & shots.
Almost gives me the prompting to restore my frame..... might even get onto
it again although I saw a cyclist get clobbered this morning out Lidcombe
way. L plater R turned and took the guy out. He got up OK and didn't seem
too bad but she was shaken a fair bit (good!). GMF how it's so hard for
people to judge distances like this.
Jock

Suzy Jackson said:

Hi Guys,

After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.

<snip>

Great job Suzy, not only on building the frame but also on the selfless
bit - documenting it all on a web page so us lazy, ignorant sods can
sponge off your hard-won knowledge without lifting a finger!

Hope to see it at the club some time, instead of that crappy thing you
normally ride ... what is it, a Cologo, Col Nagle, something, I dunno.

Cheers,

&roo

Andrew Swan <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Hope to see it at the club some time, instead of that crappy thing you
normally ride ... what is it, a Cologo, Col Nagle, something, I dunno.

A Coln Dago. Well known Itie brand with pretty (but poorly applied)
paint.

Only one gear on the little fish bike unfortunately. Might make the
pimple more of a challenge...

Regards,

Suzy

Suzy Jackson said:

Hi Guys,
After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.
Here 'tis:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_1.jpghttp://www.atnf.csiro.a-
u/~sjackson/painted_1.jpg http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_2.-
jpghttp://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_2.jpg http://www.atnf.csi-
ro.au/~sjackson/painted_3.jpghttp://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted-
_3.jpg http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_4.jpghttp://www.atnf.-
csiro.au/~sjackson/painted_4.jpg
These photos are terrible, as they were taken this morning without
decent lighting, and of a half buffed frame, by someone who's been up
much too late over the last couple of days, breathing too many fumes...
Cheers,
Suzy
PS: A bit of a write up about the process of losing ones mind in this
manner can be found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_fra-
me.htmlhttp://www.atnf.csiro.au/~sjackson/bike_frame.html

Good effort, Suzy, and a great article. Frame building can be fun, bu
the best part is when you get to ride it

My experiences were broadly similar to yours. You mention the tediou
work of mitering tubes. I have an electric discharge machine (EDM) i
one of my labs and it does a magic job with no filing required. Yo
just use an appropriate copper tube as an electrode and set up th
correct angle. Bit expensive to buy for bike frames tho! Anothe
wrinkle I can suggest is the use of a set of die maker's riffle file
for cleaning up the lugs and bottom bracket. They have all sorts o
interesting curves which makes it much easier to reach the bits yo
want than with needle files

My biggest fear when I started was bending the rake into fork blades
although it turned out to be easier than expected. You don't mentio
forks. Do you intend to make one

I lacked your design talents and patience with lettering, so my curren
frame went stickerless for a time until my son found that stickers fro
one of his sponsors could be converted into my initials with the artfu
use of a scalpel

Keep up the good work

John Retchfor

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Hey Suzy,

Seeing how making the transfers was so much fun, and you've got all the
gear set up now (except for brief periods when the house needs
vacuuming), and seeing how hard it is to get small print runs done, have
you thought of going into the custom transfer business? I imagine lots
of the bike tragics (me! me!) on this NG would be happy to pay
reasonable rates for some custom transfers... whaddya say?

&roo

Andrew Swan said:

Hey Suzy,
Seeing how making the transfers was so much fun, and you've got all the
gear set up now (except for brief periods when the house needs
vacuuming), and seeing how hard it is to get small print runs done, have
you thought of going into the custom transfer business? I imagine lots
of the bike tragics (me! me!) on this NG would be happy to pay
reasonable rates for some custom transfers... whaddya say?
&roo

Me too

willing to pay a reasonable fee to get transfers made up in future for
soon-to-come new frame. Maybe just black-n-white (Ti frame so modes
looks are the go

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flyingdutch said:

willing to pay a reasonable fee to get transfers made up in future for a
soon-to-come new frame. Maybe just black-n-white (Ti frame so modest
looks are the go)

So, the old "can of K-Mart spraypaint" isn't good enough?

Suzy, 100 copies of "hippy", thanks! (just joking, you've got some track
riding to do!!)

hippy

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Suzy Jackson said:

After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.

If anyone's interested I've got a friend who specialises in graphics for
motorcycles but more importantly he'll do small runs of stickers for you at
very reasonable prices (especially if you do the artwork). Anyway his
website is http://www.cutgrafix.com

Phil

Phil said:

Suzy Jackson said:

After many months slaving over a mouse, files, brazing torch, emery
cloth, skipping all together too much training and racing, and more
recently breathing those really wild paint fumes, I can finally report
the birth of a new bike.

If anyone's interested I've got a friend who specialises in graphics for
motorcycles but more importantly he'll do small runs of stickers for you
at very reasonable prices (especially if you do the artwork). Anyway his
website is http://www.cutgrafix.com/http://www.cutgrafix.com
Phil

Excellent Phil, well done. bookmark that one..

But can he do old-style longbrush pinstripes ??

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hippy said:

flyingdutch said:

willing to pay a reasonable fee to get transfers made up in future for a
soon-to-come new frame. Maybe just black-n-white (Ti frame so modest
looks are the go)

So, the old "can of K-Mart spraypaint" isn't good enough?

Too expensive, I just use basic enamel paint slopped on. That way it
doesn't look like a flash bike when just encourages thick thieves to
nick it.

hippy <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Suzy, 100 copies of "hippy", thanks! (just joking, you've got some track
riding to do!!)

I've got a few other transfers to do, so won't be retiring the screen
printing gear. Chief amongst these is a set of transfers for a
certain crappy old pushbike I found on the side of the road. The seat
tube transfer for that is no less than seven colours (including white
and gold) and incredibly intricate - should be lots of fun.

As for transfers to others, being a uni student who's saving up for a
set of Record track cranks for her new track bike (very expensive
tastes), I'm open to suggestions...

Regards,

Suzy

Now.....about that crappy old track bike????????? Did you mak
any calls?

~j

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gravelmuncher <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Now.....about that crappy old track bike????????? Did you make
any calls??

Naah. Too shy.

Regards,

Suzy