Hulsroy's Hustle

This is a jewellers torch. Smith "The Little Torch". I bought it because have soooo many tiny students and they often just do model making or smaller soldering jobs.
I am going to try and use it for a frame one day, but it is probably too small. It is also £3-400 so I would not rec for somebody getting started.

@frankenbike I am a cowboy and just use shit around me to hold things in place :-)

Ah yeah, almost certainly that. Thought the square rod was brazed on

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153068321397

This is a shit version?
Say I wanna make a rack, would be good enough?

Probably not.

Noted, as you were.
Strong update.

Gav at August has already made Norfolk's first, London's very behind the times these days

gas pipe bull moose list? :P

We have a Harris at work. That is quite solid.

Sam at Stayer raves on about his Victor J28.

I might buy one of those one day and some small nimble kevlar hoses.

Soooo close to being done but I ran out of time.

Left to do is cable guides for disc brakes on frame, rear brake mount, mid fork eyelets for rack and design something on the fork crown for rack and mud guards. And obviously dobbelt check that everything is as it should be.

So you'll leave them in London when Brexit forces you home? They are illegal in Denmark

That is one cute torch.

All the braze ons are done.
Frame is soaking until tomorrow afternoon., then a bit of emery cloth and then off to paint.

Soaking? In what?

... the mysteries of metal working ...

Paint chosen yet?

Water. Disolves the flux used when brazing.

RAL 4012 gloss.

GT was a shit show

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But I feel confident that I can bring it back.

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I'm getting flat mount steel forks on my new project. Not in London though unless i come to visit sometime.

That's looking real good.

I have said it before but your detail for chainring clearance on the chainstay is super nice.

Thanks @Cupcakes. I hope it will hold up ;)

More GT stuff. I got a pretty good fit on the replacement seat tube in the end and will hopefully find time to braze it up tomorrow once I have removed the last bits of brass and old tube.

Old seat tube was in a shitty condition that is for sure.

My first real frame for myself has shifted hands a couple of times since I sold it. It makes me hella chuffed to see it spreading joy to someone new.

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Tinned and ready for fillets!

It looks like I got a decent blend on old and new fillets. But tomorrow will tell me once flux has dissolved.

Old seat tube was in a shitty condition that is for sure.

Err what is that thing, stuck in there?
Snapped seat post?
It's a strange section

Yup that's the old seat post