Emmick Express Build

[sam bennett]

The pedals took about 3 hours to bend, weld, and polish. I've made pedals from Stainless steel, but I don't think they are as strong as cold rolled because stainless has little or no carbon if I recall.

Spindles are back as well.



And the rest of the order. So I paid $400 for all of this below. I asked how much if they had to do all of the polishing and they said, "another $900".


Doing your own polishing allows you to select the level of quality of the final product. You painters in the forum know 90% of the finish is in the prep. 

If you want a mirror finish with no grind marks or pits, that's up to you. 












Chrome is pretty tough too. I'll chrome stuff you'll never see just because the thought of it rusting keeps me awake at night. For example, those two small sleeves at the bottom go between the king pin bearings on the chassis. They haven't seen the light of day since '86.
Like you, at the end of the day I enjoy doing this work. I put in the headphones, go to work, and suddenly is dinner time.