The seatstays will have the traditional caps- made from scratch to give it the custom flair. Because, as you must know, every custom has to have the required amount of flair.Here you see the initial cut out. It kinda makes the stay look like a big hypodermic needle, huh?
A blurry pic of a scrap piece of seat stay brazed in place. I like to use this diameter because it gives the cap a more scalloped look.
Excess tube cut away and a bit of file work later......and we have our cap!
Got to working and left the camera in the house for the chain stays and blades. Blades have been raked to 50mm, with a nice curve to them.
Also, you can see I've used two types of dropouts. The fronts are the plug-in type and the rears are attached by cutting a slot in the stay and then filling the gaps with brass. One thing I don't like is drops that don't match between the front and back, so I spent quite a bit of time blending in the rears to balance with the front. Once painted, thy will look like a matching set.
Next is lug prep, miters, and some real working shots of the greatest frame jig ever.
1 comment:
The seat stays caps look very nice, and the drops came out looking looking great. These are details that can be appreciated for years!
John
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