These pics are after I have found the true center line with V-blocks and the machinist square, then I made a nice flat/square cut of the tip with a tube cutter (big help here) and then made my alignment marks bigger and more representative of what I want it to look like. I am sinking the drops in about 8mm deep so the main black mark is 7mm deep for the hack saw cut.
You can see I used a small knife blade file to start my cuts
The cuts with the hack saw are hard to keep straight but I have plenty of room to straighten everything out with a file.
Initial filing, I will work down to the hash mark with the file and get it nice and square.
The initial fit is very nice, no slop and nice and straight and square to the center line of the stays.
Trying a little design cut, I like this look better than the tapered cut I did previously.
Finished with the non drive side cuts and filing.
This is the cog side of the drive side stay, I have a little clean up to do on it but this is with a taper for the cassette to have as much clearance as possible.
I am really proud of how these stays are starting to look, I think I did a much better job of cutting and filing these to look nice once they are brazed. I am confident that I will be able to braze them in nicely without burning the drops like last time.
I hope to have the rear triangle done this week end and then finish up the braze ons next week... and maybe build it up to ride next weekend. I plan on building it up before painting and get a few rides so I know that it is ready to truely be finished then.
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