Doubletall Cycles

The disk brake tab turned out decent.  I used the fork mount in the back and it was a perfect fit.  12 braze on parts to go and I'll be done, minus paint.

The frame welding is done

This area gave me fits.  Trying to get the torch between and up under the stays while seeing what I was doing proved to be very difficult.

This is where I want to mount the brake but even with the bracket touching the seat stay the brake pads don't sit down far enough onto the disk.

I'll probably end up mounting the brake on the seat stay and adding a reinforcing tube bridging the stays.

Seat Stays

The seat stays are mitered and ready to weld

Chain stays - part 2

I was a bit nervous about welding the dropouts but it went well and I'm pretty happy with the results

At this point the bottom bracket end is only tacked.  Don't look too close, you'll see the hole I burned in the stay.  One second of inattention.  It should be an easy fix when I finish the welding.

The rear wheel is centered good, the angles came out to plan; so far so good.

Chain stay mitering.

Mitering the chain stays was a slow process.  Unlike the main tubes, I didn't have templates to wrap around the tubes.  File, check the fit, repeat.

The rear end jig

Ready to weld the front triangle

Although I haven't posted for quite a while I have actually been working on the frame project. I have most of the materials I need and the front triangle tubes have all been mitered.





































Tubes are clamped into the jig, ready to tack together.






























Tacked and ready to finish the welds.