Front triangle is done... mostly

Well I got a little discouraged last weekend... I thought I had the fork all jigged and straight but once I was done brazing and cleaned it up it was WAY off. I am not sure if I will try and fix it by reheating and taking the legs off, or just hang it on the wall as a reminder that anything can and will go wrong if I am not careful.
But I motivated myself to take my time and finish up the front triangle, I feel I am getting the feel for heat and being able to read the metal (even though the pictures don't show that). Last night I finished up a point on the head tube/top tube that didn't fill all the way in, but I realized how to recognize the metal temp and when it is approaching a critical temp... it's a cool feeling to know where that over heat line is and how close I am to it.


The seat clamp was a long preheat but I kept it pretty clean so I won't have too much extra clean up.


You can see here that the flux burned a little but it isn't as bad as it looks... I think it is more on the surface of the flux because it washed right off... but I have had a little more practice this week and I am way more comfortable with the temps.

The cable braze-ons were interesting because they moved just slightly which took them out of alignment but I am ok with it. My wife couldn't even see that they are out of alignment so I figured that is a good sign.

This week end I might be able to work a little on the rear triangle... but we will see.