Day 5 – bridges, braze ons, finishing

Last day to add the remaining bits and pieces and finish off.

I cut the chain stay bridge while Rob added some brass to the brake bridge because my top eyes widened the seat stays so the bridge was too short. It’s amazing what he can do with brazing. Deliberate mistake on the chain stay bridge – I drilled the whole the wrong side. Easy sorted again by Rob with some braze.

The two bridges were silver brazed and then we added the bottle bosses. I managed 1 half decent one out of 4.

The last braze ons were added – gear cable stops, brake cable stops, pump peg, chain hanger and front mech hanger. A final tidy up in the cabinet and some filing and emery to get rid of any misplaced brass. Re-tapped the bottom bracket thread and we were done just before 4.

And I have a new hand-built frame. I would say by me but there was an awful lot of Rob putting things right.

Paint next.

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