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Coupled 53x54cm L'Esperance polo frame

by Garth L'Esperance

45 photos and 1 video · 198 views
some finish filing
seat cluster before cutting
headtube finish filed awaiting some emery cloth
seatstays on
seat tube slotted for binder
all brazing finished
mocking up non drive seat stay
funky seatstay miter setup
funky seatstay miter setup
ready to miter seatstay
nearly finished
seatstay bridge brazed on
seatstay bridge tacked
chainstays fluxed
in jig again to braze chainstays
chainstays mitered for BB
dropouts brazed into chainstays
ready to braze dropouts in
setting up for chainstay slotting
chainstay overhead view layout
downtube / bb joint / logo detail
front triangle just filleted
tubes in jig ready for brazing
hand filed logo in bb shell
rough milling logo in BB shell
rough milling logo out of BB shell
marking vent holes / test fit tubes in jig
miter DT / HT intersection
mitering TT
mitering TT
last minute idea
checking DT level before BB miter
setting up for BB miter
miter length marking station
laying out the tubes
facing headtube
downtube coupler clamp installed
downtube with clamp laid over full scale drawing
half of downtube clamp getting finished
milling a centerline on the clamp to aid cutting in half
tapping M6x1 binders on downtube clamp
checking runout on downtube after couplers installed
coupler clamp blank
downtube clamp blank
flange brazed in
303 downtube flanges