Drilling holes in steel tubing

The best (strongest) epoxy is Belzona 1111 also refered to as Belzona
Super Metal.
Super Metal is machineable, no VOC's, no solvents, does not rot, does
not rust, does not shrink, or does not corrode. It is compatable with
all metals.
The same can not be said of Devcon, JB Weld, and most other epoxies on
the market. Yes many claim to be as good as Belzona but experience and
research has proven time and again they do not produce results as good
as the Belzona product. Belzona is may be more expensive but, if
results are important, is actually less expensive.
www.belzona.com

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"Clay" wrote:

The best (strongest) epoxy is Belzona 1111 also refered to as Belzona
Super Metal.
Super Metal is machineable, no VOC's, no solvents, does not rot, does
not rust, does not shrink, or does not corrode. It is compatable with
all metals.
The same can not be said of Devcon, JB Weld, and most other epoxies on
the market. Yes many claim to be as good as Belzona but experience and
research has proven time and again they do not produce results as good
as the Belzona product. Belzona is may be more expensive but, if
results are important, is actually less expensive.
www.belzona.com

And speaking of epoxy and bicycles, recumbent bike guy might want to
know, if he's still hanging around here, that there's a carbon fiber
bicycle whose tubes are secured to titanium lugs with epoxy.

Thanks for the tips guys.

Epoxy is pretty much out of the question for me. Kinda hard to find
things like that out here in Denver. Its gonna hafta be machine
screws... that's what I have on hand. The table saw is also packed away
right now.... grumble... grrrr.

I'd use better tubing and just braze everything, but my MAPP gas torch
just isn't hot enuf. Already tried it.

I am going to use another EMT tube running from the bike's down-tube to
the wheel as a brace. This setup is similar to the way old delivery
bikes were made. Most of the replica Wright test-bikes that I've seen
use pannier-style struts attached to the front fork and handlebars. But
this would introduce a lot of lateral motion into the experiment wheel
as the bike is ridden. I'm guessing that the Wright boys knew that and
used a frame-mounted setup.