BB/CS Miter. Generally a 6 Degree angle.
Chain Stay mitered.
Marking off locations for CS breather holes.
CS breather holes drilled.
BB & CS sandblasted and chemically cleaned.
Non-drive side CS is fully welded.
Both CS are fully welded.
Another view of the fully welded BB.
Front triangle and Chain Stays are welded.
Beginning of the rear triangle.
Nice and wide for some Cyclo-Cross mud!
Drive-side Dropout has unwanted cavity.
The cavity is filled with stainless steel.
The ends of the CS are sandblasted and cleaned.
The Dropouts and CS are coated with black flux.
Dropout is brazed with silver.
This SS cap doesn’t fit, it’s too narrow.
Making a new SS cap out of a scrap piece of steel.
New SS cap custom made from spare steel.
The diameters of the cap and SS match perfectly.
A quick TIG weld attached the cap & SS.
After sanding you can’t even see the seam.
