The titanium weld and detail appreciation thread.

[Monkeeee01]

1997 Kona Hei Hei King Kahuna frame

 

[KayOs]

The welds on mine are not that pretty but I love that bike nonetheless.

 

[novocaine]

1997 Kona Hei Hei King Kahuna frame

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the tube welds look like machine welds, they are so consistent. only when you look at the gusset welds do they start to look hand done as they are a straight run and the tail is a bit hot. You can even see the start and overlap of the finish on the head to top tube, almost perfect puddle overlap of a few mm but not complete.

beautiful bit of work by a very competent welder who isn't trying to "stack dimes".

 

[maxhc]

Some more nice examples reunited last saturday in the Parcela 2 Rulo 6 gathering:

 

[PanoIgano]

I am not sure the French manufacturer Emery has been mentioned in this thread.

They had a pretty special Ti frame in 93 I believe that was made in Taiwan and was 6Al-4V tubes throughout. That's pretty exceptional as 6Al-4V is much more difficult to work with than 3Al-2,5V. Personally, I have never seen another frame made exclusively from 6Al-4V tubes.

Also the details on the frame and reinforcments with the use of sleeved tubes are pretty far out:



and:


You can google translate this page for more info: https://generationmountainbike.com/project/1993-emery-titane/

Stunning looking bikes they seem:



Later models of the Emery Ti frames were made by Sandvik in 3Al-2,5V.

 

[Woz]

^ Excellent input. Site owner is a well renowned member here.