diy forks..update.

[marc two tone]

d.i.y forks

thanks scrat.
admittedly they do look unsturdy and botched at the moment,ive researched up some epoxy resin to lend a hand here.the steerer is more or less complete ive found a way to thicken the steerer at base to accept crown ring-a nice tight fit as you'd expect on conventional steerers.
all connective points,leg tops,steerer to crown will be drilled into once through to the leg tube cavity to receive a 'grub screw' of sorts to significantly reduce chance of pull-through in either direction,as well as a dap of epoxy and nipped up well with existng double bolt system.
dropout needs more research but am considering drilling all the way through and bolting up somehow as well as epoxy between legs and dropout to steady things up.although 4 minutes(as quoted on box)may pose me a challenge as ive gotta line up the geommetric implications.
the tubes do look kinda thin,when tyring to squeeze the two legs together i hear ripping noise in my pectoral area! there is some flex but not enough to bother me at this stage.
any advise/criticism is most welcome.
thanks again guys!

 

[perry]

like RST 281s, that used alu lowers to keep costs down.

I thought thats what they were ?

 

[Xesh]

like RST 281s, that used alu lowers to keep costs down.

I thought thats what they were ?

Now that I've looked closely at the pic I see you're right. My reply was based on what other people were saying.

 

[marc two tone]

D.I.Y forks.

bang on! rst 281 was the cheif donor for this effort.one of the springs had broke in two,i discovered after winding the legs off to do a service.so i scrapped em'.

marc.