Hey Folks,
Has anyone used any of the Flume tooling?
Curious about your experiences.
Thanks
I emailed about a tool eta, and got a prompt response, tool was paid for a delivered quickly and as expected, tool works as advertised. Would use again, what is your concern?
When I first started building I bought a few things that I kind’ve regret. Flume is just an unknown brand to me and I haven’t seen any feedback online about the products.
If I may, what did you purchase? Happy to take this conversation off-line if you’d like.
-T-
Good experience also for me.
Ordering new Tires tools. When I ordered the tool will not be in stock but I received a leadtime for 2 weeks. 2 weeks later tools will be ready and shipped.
I recommand
I have his fork jig. It’s very well made and works great.
What tool are you looking at? Everyone’s approach to frame building is different and I think that when buying tools the expectation is that you are getting 70% of what you need but will have to modify/customize to your liking. There really is no “one size fits all” option.
I bought the brake boss fixture because it is pretty straight forward and wasn’t worth my time to design my own when an off the shelf item existed.
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I’m interested in the CS/SS fixture as well as the fork fixture.
As far as I can tell these look quite similar to the Anvil designs. I’m fine with modding or getting used to things.
My biggest concern was ensuring Flume has a bit of legitimacy. There’s more than a few examples of people ending up burned by people who had the best intentions but couldn’t follow though.
Everything I have gotten was well made and what I expected. Communication was great and timelines we well communicated as well as updates.
Your thread reminded me of another tool that I was going to order, emailed last week and had the same positive experience, the tool looks like it will ship next week. Bottom line, Flume is a reliable source for Framebuilding tools.
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