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11-day Steel Class

Make your own steel frame and fork in this 11-day intensive workshop with a student-instructor ratio of 2 to 1 in one of the best equipped shops in the business. All materials included. No prior welding or framebuilding experience required.  

The following topics are covered in the 11-day steel workshop:

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  1. Frame design

  2. Rider fit

  3. Steering geometry and handling dynamics

  4. Metallurgy and materials

  5. Welding theory and practice

  6. Various welding/brazing practice based on need

  7. Fabrication/fit up

  8. Brazing, alignment, and build procedures

  9. Proper finishing

  10. Basic paint/powder overview

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The 11-day workshop is $3,825.00 per student.* 

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$125.00 fee will be assessed for all credit card/venmo/paypal balance due payments.

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Onsite lodging available.

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Steel Touring bicyle

The 11-day workshop starts on a Monday and ends on a Friday of the following week. Sunday is an off day when you can rest, ride, or explore Tucson.  The workshop starts promptly at 8 am each morning and ends around 5:30 pm. There is a 1-hour lunch break each day.

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Unlike some teaching options I offer students, within reason the ability  to tackle more advanced building.  Disc brakes, through axles, T47, sliding dropouts, rocker dropouts, stainless steel dropouts, 44mm headtubes, yokes, etc.

 

Lugged construction is offered with an additional $100 material fee (silver solder is very expensive now).  Tall bike packing/touring disc forks will incur an additional $100 material fee.  Paragon machine works dropouts will be charged based on actual cost minus a $50 dollar credit for provided dropouts.

 

Due to huge variability in material costs as of late these pricing additions may be subject to change.  

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*Balance due payments can be made via a personal check, cashiers check, Zelle, cash, or bank transfer in order to avoid the CC card processing fee.

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