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savarin
09-25-2009, 07:55 AM
I like re-using the old cable stops but now I dont have O/A I cant get them off.
Neither of my propane burners can get the metal hot enough to remove or braize them back on.
No Problem, cut the ones off a suitable rubbish doner leaving enough metal around them to weld them to the new tube.
Simple, quick, neat, once I sand the excess weld off.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/savarin48/standoffs/cable-stop-2.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/savarin48/standoffs/cable-stop-1.jpg
Sparky
09-25-2009, 08:44 PM
kool! this i may need to do, depending on how the next build is set up.
SirJoey
09-26-2009, 07:11 AM
Where there's a will, there's a way, eh Charles? :)


http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7131/sirjoeysigmedij1.gif
savarin
09-26-2009, 07:37 AM
Where there's a will, there's a way, eh Charles? :)


http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7131/sirjoeysigmedij1.gif

You betcha!
WE WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!!!!!!!! (in a dalek type voice)
likebikes
01-30-2010, 04:28 PM
I wish I would have looked here before I did the ugly mig meltdown on my cable stops, there is always someone on A-Z that has built the better mouse trap. Nice idea, I was looking for something better, I was thinking I needed a gas torch to do this but your method looks quite do-able with my current setup.
onrecess
01-30-2010, 05:10 PM
New ones are only $.40! http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/frame/brazeons/brazeons.html
Pretty and easy.
savarin
01-30-2010, 07:07 PM
New ones are only $.40! http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/frame/brazeons/brazeons.html
Pretty and easy.

Yep, would much prefer that route but you still need a decent heat source to braze them on with.
John Lewis
01-31-2010, 03:46 AM
Yep, would much prefer that route but you still need a decent heat source to braze them on with.

I have managed to put them on using high silver content silver solder and a very ordinary propane torch. Put a piece of brick behind and under to reflect heat back. Plenty of flux. Cut a 1/2" length of SS and lay it along the joint. More flux. Heat until it flows. Brazing needs much more heat.
I get my braze ons from Greenspeed.

John Lewis
likebikes
02-01-2010, 07:04 AM
New ones are only $.40! http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/frame/brazeons/brazeons.html
Pretty and easy.

I could melt new ones just as fast as the used ones! :)