Monthly Archives: April 2011

057 Kevin Weiss Painting, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Yesterday was a bog and productive day of painting. The previous night I had sprayed the white and green on Kevin’s frame to let it fully dry overnight. First thing … Continue reading →

057 Kevin Weiss Painting, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. There has been a lot been happening at the shop since the last update. I started doing a retrofit of a 1999 Independent Fabrication Planet X cross frame with S&S … Continue reading →

057 Custom Fender Mounts, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Today was another productive day in the shop seeing continues work on Kevn’s dirt road frame. I started the session by mitering and welding the seat stays. Welding fastback seat … Continue reading →

Dropout Modification, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Yesterday was one of those days in the shop where I just had a singular task on my agenda. I like to have a pretty clear plan for the day when I … Continue reading →

057 Front Triangle Welding, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Yesterday I fully personified the builder/painter title I like to give myself. In the morning I wet sanded Tristan’s frame after the first clear, touched up a few spots, then … Continue reading →

056 Tristan Baldwin Painting, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Today I painted Tristan’s new road racing frame. Yesterday I sandblasted and shot primer on it; then let the primer cure overnight. This morning I wet sanded the primer and … Continue reading →

056 Welding, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Today I received the 42mm Columbus LIFE down tube I ordered from Nova Cycle Supply and was able to finish mitering the front triangle. This will undoubtedly be the stiffest frame I … Continue reading →

056 Beginnings, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Yesterday I started on a replacement frame for Tristan Baldwin. I build a frame for him as part of the Team CF group last year around this time and used the geometry … Continue reading →

Everything, but the seat stays., a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Jason’s frame is only missing the seat stays. Today I completed the finish work on the chain stay/dropout interface and welded the chain stays to the bottom bracket. I … Continue reading →

Front Triangle Welding, a photo by anthony.maietta on Flickr. Thursday and Friday evening’s last week saw more progress on Jason’s road frame. Thursday I tackled the chain stay to dropout interface. As a TIG builder plate dropouts are a bit … Continue reading →