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@HHC well it is if you speak to a frame builder but if you know what you want and can prepare the frame so it is only a welding, you can speak to a "generic welder" who can do the same job even better as he weld all day along. He will do the job for much cheaper as you bring the frame to him ready to weld, take him 20s to lock the dropout in place and 20s to do a perfect welding. £40 cash in hand and you are done. You can even bring an old wheel axle so the guy can point the dropout before to weld it, perfectly in line that way.
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Ha yes, sorry i would have commented but was away.
Looks cool what you've done with the end. Didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Hope it works. what are you planing to do with the brake cable bosses?
the plans for the gussets are noice. Yeah i wouldn't go for the chainstay gussets either for much the same reason.
regarding the attachment of the ends i would go for a threaded end. Countersinking, as @trunkie said, sounds risky due tot he loss of material and the joint to the end with the stays is probably somewhere where you wouldn't really want that considering the stress (I think) it would be under.
@santino I thought the cost for changing dropouts/ends was much higher, obviously dependant on the builder, but around the £80 mark.
And @young_gun , you can never go too far.
For example: