Here's the tubes all laid out for Sydney's new frame. She's a fairly small, light rider, so I'm going with some really light, standard gauge tubing and it'll be bi-laminate to accommodate a sloping top tube.
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Starting to work on the top tube lug.
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I have to do any lug carving before I cut the top tube socket off, or I'd have no way to hold onto the lug.
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A quick shot of the head tube with the bi-lam lug setup.
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A close up of the lugs and bits.
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Everything is mitered and prepped, ready for the fixture and tacking.
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The head tube, post braze. (still hot!)
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After a nice soak in the tub!
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And finally, after some quality time with the files and emery!
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Be back on Wed. with more pics as the rest of the frame gets finished up.
Cheers,
Dave
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