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Unread 29-01-2008, 21:30
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Re: 145 + Glue =awesome?

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Originally Posted by x7shaddow View Post
I'm curious as to why you don't get your frame welded, it's stronger then epoxy and bolts togther, you dont have any bolts to lose, and you wouldn't believe how much weight you'd save not using bolts. Becides if you're sure enough of your frame design to epoxy it togther you'd be sure enough to weld it, because grinding off the weldded joints would probabally be a compareable ammount of work to that of removing all that epoxy.
Surprisingly, welding may not be that much stronger than epoxy (if stronger at all). Welding ruins the heat-treatment on the aluminum, which makes its strength take a nosedive. On the other hand, some epoxies are insanely strong and do not affect the heat treatment.
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