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Permalink Reply by justJason on February 10, 2009 at 3:18pm

Yeah! Freaking beautiful throughout! Way to resurrect an old Japanese frame.

And YES: I still would love a set of those sweet wood fenders. :-)

100%!!!

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Permalink Reply by on2wheels on February 11, 2009 at 4:07am

travesty said:

These seem quite pretty. I'm wondering if there is a technical reason you do not make them go "fuller" as in more full than full fenders. Has anyone ridden behind someone going fast with "full fenders" and wished they were a little more full?

What do you mean by "fuller"? Example?

You could put mud flaps on them

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on February 11, 2009 at 9:40am

Those fenders are very pretty (understatement), and got me thinking about making a set for the fixed gear I'm building up for my wife. Did you make a jig and then glue thin sheets of wood together in the jig? I was thinking of how to make them concave like my planet bike hardcore set (great coverage and mudflaps) and came up with stepping sheets of wood as they're layered so when it come out of the jig the outer surface is a built up box that can be sanded to shape, and the inside resembles an inverse step pyramid going down into the fender. Then just sand down the steps to make it s smooth concave surface. Do you think that would work? I could illustrate it for you if my description is confusing.

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Permalink Reply by on2wheels on February 11, 2009 at 9:53am

Yes, I do laminate 3 layers of hardwood together, each about .1 inch think. I made the form, here are some shots of the process

http://borreson.com/bike/fender1.jpg
http://borreson.com/bike/fender2.jpg
http://borreson.com/bike/fender3.jpg

I have had some discussions about the concave nature of metal fenders and am still pondering that. It would be exceedingly difficult to glue and clamp what you are proposing. If you were able to, sanding the interior would be difficult.

One option that I may explore is building a fixture that allows me to use a router on the interior surface of an extra thick fender to get the concave profile. It would be difficult because it is curved.






GabeW said:

Those fenders are very pretty (understatement), and got me thinking about making a set for the fixed gear I'm building up for my wife. Did you make a jig and then glue thin sheets of wood together in the jig? I was thinking of how to make them concave like my planet bike hardcore set (great coverage and mudflaps) and came up with stepping sheets of wood as they're layered so when it come out of the jig the outer surface is a built up box shape that can be sanded to shape, and the inside resembles an inverse step pyramid going down into the fender. Then just sand down the steps to make it s smooth concave surface. Do you think that would work? I could illustrate it for you if my description is confusing.
Like this: ----------
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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on February 11, 2009 at 10:09am

cool, I was hoping you had some assembly shots. I know sanding would be difficult and time consuming, but what else would you do to work out that OCD energy? Sometimes I get into polishing, or sanding, or some type of repetitive activity (pedaling a bike?) to clear my head/relax. Some of my best ideas have come while doing mindless busywork.
I like your router idea too, keep us posted on how it turns out.

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