By Nik, Dan and Eyal @ MIT CBA

This is my bike when I first bought it from a secondhand seller circa 2019:

Recently, the struts (highlighted above) broke…

Using the xTool MetalFab, we fabricated new struts to replace the broken one! The entire process took less than an hour, from idea to installation.

First, we positioned the broken strut on top of some steel stock material:

We used the xTool software interface to create a CAD drawing, using the original part as a reference.

Then, we cut the part:

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After cutting: