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I'm going with a Futura fork for now but may switch out to something else in the future once the crisis is over. For wheels I'm building up a set of DT Swiss 350s to some 30mm DT Swiss rims and I've got my hands on some Force hydro brakes and shifters so I won't have to use cable anymore which is great!
The frame is now finished and getting a super simple flat colour and logo job from Cole Coatings but will be getting something a lot more exiting in a couple of months once the paints are available.
For the stay ends they are filled with brass and shaped to a curve which works quite nicely.
This whole build is my experiment into what works and doesn't for offering to customers in the future so I'm sure it will be getting modifications in terms of forks, finishing kit, potential brazons for luggage, bottles, racks and head badge testers!
As for the jig, it's great and can't fault it at all, Ted had one when I worked with him and I used Anvil Journeymans at Isen, it's super simple to set up and got plenty of space to work around when tacking and brazing.
I'll follow up with more photos once it's back from paint.