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Reader Submitted: WOOD Low Rider Bike Build

One Day I was listening to the Modern Maker Podcast and they cut out a challenge. To make something out of bent wood. I though about it for a bit and came up with my version of a wood Low Rider Bike. I have always been fascinated with the Low rider design freedoms and though it would look cool if it was made out of laminated strips of walnut and maple. The initial concept and design period took me about a week to figure out, playing around with different frame option using a thin trip of wood as a visual guide. Once I had an idea of what it was to look like i started the process of milling the raw lumber, bending and gluing the frame together. For strength i recesses fabricated frame connections inside the frame to help with stability without loosing its wood design. The bike is about 90% wood to include a solid Silver Maple seat which was power carved with a sander for final appearance. I didn’t want to use regular nuts and bolts for the connections so i opted to use all brass fasteners which gave me that classy look and it complimented the color of the frame extremely well.

In all the build took over 7 weeks to complete and i documented the entire process on Instagram and YouTube. This was my most challenging project so far but so rewarding. I never though i would have the courage or skills to accomplish such an undertaking, but i surprised even myself. Live Love Make