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SmellTheGlove
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Any haughty/arboriculturalists out there?
Could you grow a wooden bicycle frame? It is a long-term project. It would involve forcing the trunk to split at a certain place and angle, then grafting/splicing/rejoining it, then dividing it again, a bit like a Frankenstein's bonsai.
If it grows reasonably straight and with the required double-triangle it should have considerable inherent strength. Would it even need a double triangle if it grew the right shape? What are the drawbacks with this concept?
Has it been attempted or even done?
Could you grow a wooden bicycle frame? It is a long-term project. It would involve forcing the trunk to split at a certain place and angle, then grafting/splicing/rejoining it, then dividing it again, a bit like a Frankenstein's bonsai.
If it grows reasonably straight and with the required double-triangle it should have considerable inherent strength. Would it even need a double triangle if it grew the right shape? What are the drawbacks with this concept?
Has it been attempted or even done?
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I like renovo but the frames aren't grown to shape. This is the challenge; grow the trunk to the double-triangle shape. Finishing is permitted but lamination is not. Feasible anyone?"Consider the grebe..."0
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Well, my instinctive reaction would be no, but then if you can do this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neadle.jpg
See also: http://www.arborsmith.com/0 -
asquithea wrote:Well, my instinctive reaction would be no, but then if you can do this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neadle.jpg
See also: http://www.arborsmith.com/
Getting somewhere now, sort of... http://www.arborsmith.com/treeatsbike.html"Consider the grebe..."0