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So what you are saying is I need to contact vader and get them to send me a ton of messed up aluminum rods.
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Looking at his first mock-up picture, he may need more rods because having them bolted around the spokes may expand the angle enough that the first set won't touch?
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Your professor would be lying if he told you there was a "right" way to "weld" these together. It can be brazed, fused. But it will look ugly. Not sure if you're going to paint or not. The brazing won't be very strong. There is no penetration like a normal weld.
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That would let the rod sit lower, increasing the amount of room for the cap?
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Don't bother with the extra studs on the end. But yeah, it's a welding class... so if there's no threads showing but stud end is fairly flush, why not just weld stud right to the cap?
Btw, awesome crank lamp! May have to rip that one down the road if I end up stripping down the 1.6 coming out later.
Btw, awesome crank lamp! May have to rip that one down the road if I end up stripping down the 1.6 coming out later.
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The rods are now nice and shiny for welding. I plan on welding the tops together first. Then go around one by one and weld each cap onto the rod. This should hold the rods the the rim perfectly. I am also cleaning on cleaning them several times in dish detergent to get as much oil out of the rest of the rod as possible.