STEEL’S THE REAL DEAL FOR UP-AND-COMING BUILDERS WHO ARE THRIVING ON THE SCENE
Apr 30, 2020
3 minutes
Photos Ben Broomfield, Nick Hill NMD Creative Ltd 2014, Chris Catchpole and Ben Broomfield
Not only does steel have a reputation for being ‘real’, but it is also a perfect material for small-scale manufacturing. It’s relatively cheap to get set up with oxy-acetylene and it’s not hazardous. Most custom frame-building is done by brazing, which is the long-established way of doing it.
Pre-drawn, treated and butted tubes come from Reynolds, Columbus, Deda, KVA and
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