Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Pesky Downtube

The thing about the down tube is, you have to miter the tube 3 times. once at the head tube, and 2 times at the bottom bracket. At the bottom bracket you have to miter the downtube to contour the bottom racket, as well as the seat tube.

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If it's done right. It might look something like this. This still needs a little touching up, but not too much. This is kind of a pain. Once I get this done, I can relax . . . a little.

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At the other end you have the headtube.

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The trick is to get the toptube, and the down tube to equally cradle the head tube at a 73.5 degree angle.

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Something like this.

Now I'm ready to weld up the front triangle!

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