Andrew R. Stewart

Andrew R Stewart is a 48-yr. old, NY state born, hobby frame builder living in Raleigh, NC. He is a bike shop lifer, having started in high school working at JC Pennys' toy dept. In 1976 he was handed his first lug and file when hanging out at a competing shop. Since, Andy has been building an average of a frame or two a year and various fabrication/repair/tool projects. Always using steel, lugged construction is the usual, but some fillet work finds it's way in. His tools reflect his not wanting to spend too much $ on machining or materials. Andy is still working in the local shop, often riding in.

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		BB/ST- 3/8" alu bar w/ 2 holes, clamp and standoff. I do this joint 1st in brass, align then do DT and CS w/ silver. Notice cool vice. [med] [big]
		DO/CS- Plate, rod and tube brazed together. Holds DO and stays/blades in proper arraignment. Tool is not precision but real close. [med] [big]
		Full Frame- Hank James jig. This is a 45cm, 650c whls, road frame. SS SS are added after alignment. Long HT excess allows for easier alignment. [med] [big]
		H20- Alu extrusions and turned pilots. Pilots have a section inside H2O boss. [med] [big]
		CS Stop- Alu extrusion, spring and rod. Multi holes, slots and mirror contouring allow lots of clamp configurations. [med] [big]
		TT Stops- Same as CS clamp but set up differently. [med] [big]
		BB Guides- Alu bar and extrusion, steel bar and rod. Wing nutted rod allows fine pressure control adding prep/set up. Note my Didymium glasses. [med] [big]
		DT Stops- Bicycle Research frame block, alu plate and steel rod. The stops are a canti boss cut and slotted, brazed on a short rod as a standoff. [med] [big]
		HT Logo- Hank James braze on bit holder. The "S" is my HT badge. Made of copper wire. [med] [big]