I had this other bridge so I decided to make a better jig that holds everything in place while brazing. I also did some research and realized my off center wheel is not to hard to fix so I centered this bridge and will fix the right drop out tonight.
This was the best brazing I have done by far, I really focused on not over heating the flux and working the torch away when it came up to temp. Originally I would heat up the area then stick the silver in between the torch and the area to braze, that lead to over heating and usually to much silver. So this time I heated the joint then moved the flame away and dab the silver at the join, it would take a little silver and then I would roll the flame in to add a little more. This worked well as you can see I didn't overheat the joint ever and I was able to just scrub off the flux with a wet towel after the joint cooled.
I can't wait to put this to the test tonight on the braze on cable guide and the bottle bosses.
Just cleaned the flux off.
About 5 to 10 minutes of filing and it looks great!
I will finish sand it later this week once I have all the brazing done and alignment all checked. Then I have the seat clamp to finish and sand everything... then I can build it up for a few rides before I paint it.
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