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    Ralph’s X-files!

    Feb 14, 2022 3 minutes

    Last month I showed you some basic marking out tools you will need to fabricate parts, be they spares that are no longer available or for customising a bike.

    One can make the most wonderful things for a bike with only the most basic hand tools combined with some perfectly learnable skills. For this article I decided to compare some hacksaws, blades and files. For sawing aluminium I would usually recommend 24TPI (Teeth Per Inch). I did test a new vari-pitch blade Sealey sent me with a

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