For anybody who’s interested, here’s some pictures of how I’m rebuilding my seatpost. I’ve been riding the FMF Powerstick seatpost, but I’ve broken two of them where the head joins the tube, and as I hate the clamp designs on the steel seatposts available in my size(22.2mm) I’m rebuilding my powerstick to be a solid aluminum post. It weighs about 12 oz. but I’m hoping it’ll much stronger than my previous post.
I’ve simply machined a 1"x1’ aluminum bar down to size with a .535" diameter stub on the one end that I press fit into a hole on the head I broke off the FMF post. All that remains is for me to find someone to weld the joint for me. Sorry I didn’t take any pics of the head and post before I pressed them together.
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Nope, doesn’t it need heat treated to be strong? I know nothing about metals and such, excuse my ignorance. That does look rather nice, hopefully it works better.