Took me a while but I got it done and painted. I will post more pics of the production and painting along with some good close ups of the joints and what not tomorrow after I take the finished photos... without sounding to biased I think I did a spectacular job! all the joints look perfect.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Christening of the Lucid 29r
Took me a while but I got it done and painted. I will post more pics of the production and painting along with some good close ups of the joints and what not tomorrow after I take the finished photos... without sounding to biased I think I did a spectacular job! all the joints look perfect.
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bottom bracket, right side done (before finshing sanding)
the left socket is just starting to get ground, notice how thin the walls of the right socket have gotten. there is a lesson there and you will see in following pics!
grinding with a stone
it took a while with this stone but with the tight corners I had to use it because I only have one small sand paper bit left
ooh ahhh... a little sparks flyin
That lesson I spoke of earlier is happening in this pic...
Ahhh... oh DOH!
is that blueing? Yup that is the lesson that I learned on this socket. the grinding stone heats the metal very fast and as that wall gt thinner it started blueing. Bad, bad, bad! so I will have to sand and reshape that wall a little because I even got some chipping around the blue.
Chain stays with the drop outs notched in...
So this one was a little scary because I wasn't sure if I would get them straight and true... it ended up ok but I can do better.
Notching wasn't to hard but keeping everything even was hard
I decided to try the bevel sides on the notch, I think I can do better so I may do the stays again?
The big moment... my first miter!
I should have taken some before during and after shots but this went pretty fast actually. this is the ruff cut, I rounded it out better and got rid of that hump on the back wall
A little different angle... check out my home made tube holder... works like a charm!
I am so proud of the wood block tube holder... now I just have to make the other sizes
A quick fit test...
Not bad forthe 1st miter and fit check... I only need to file the inside edges to match the bevel of the inside of the BB
Nother fit check after some finishing
still need to angle the inside of the edges then it is done and ready for finihsing before brazing. I also still need to finish the socket wall to clean up any uneven edges or tooling marks
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