OK, put a little more effort into the downtube graphics.
I’m having such a hard time doing this on the computer. Is this what it’s like to be old?
Now I’m thinking I could just mask off the white logo and leave it masked while laying the masks for the stripes over top one by one so the registration is easier.
Exactly! Thank you for this!
Oh my!
You’re building a bike for @Face?
Yup!
Real long, lowish hard tail. Medium slack.
Damn… hella jelly
If you want one, you know where to find me!
Tempting…
@rancid_burple mk morse hole saw? I just got a grip of those to use in my not milling machine. What are you using there for cutting grease?
Yup, I got a bunch from McMaster, I like them more than the Starrett ones I started with, and they stock all kinds of oddball sizes. I run em at 300ish rpm and throw on some heavy tapping lube.
You using one of them notching jigs? I used to have one, it worked okay but it burned through saws way faster then the mill. Snagged more too.
“Get it tight get it right”
I use this
with a hand drill with a the torque setting set to 15 so if it binds it just stops. I found that if I run it in drill mode it’ll tear up tubing a bit but if you take it slow and run with the torque clicker thing you are golden.
Yeah I had something similar. The type of drill you use is likely the determining factor in whether it will work well. The cheapo Ryobi 3/4” cap corded drill I have had no power when you ran it slow so I was forced to run it to fast.
I wanted to do more machining stuff so I just sold it and got a mill. The horizontal I got was $300 and made an awesome 1000lb notching machine. It was so-so for actual machining though. If I had space I would have kept it even after buying a Bridgeport style mill but I don’t so I didn’t.
I have the nicer at the time of purchase musa dewalt drill. It works at the slow speed just fine. The battery only lasts like 2 cuts but it charges in like 20 minutes and I have a spare so its not a problem except I am constantly swapping the battery. They make big ones but I like how light the unit is.
The one with the all metal chuck? I have one of those now. Pawn shop find. I also found a contractor dude selling used dewalt batteries cheap a while back. They’re the small cap ones but I think I got 4 for $40 or something. So I have 8 or 9 batteries now for 5 tools.
Now that the downtube and seat tube miters are cut I’m going to braze all the wb bosses on.
Then miter both ends of TT and start tacking/welding the front triangle.
