Filed lugs... anyone know stuff?

I think I know what Skully is on about. and if so this is one way which I have read about people doing something similar.

Lugs you buy from ceeway e.t.c are pressed or cast. You can however make your own, this may be because you want angles or sizes which are not avlible but want to have the aesthetics of a lugged frame.

Simply by tig welding two short tubes together with the required i.d then filling down the weld to a smooth finish. Prob by laying several fillets on top of one another so you have extra weld to file. The fixie inc frames have this filed tig weld look on them. You can then use this custom lug to braze your two tubes into.

If you wanted to create the effect of say the top tube and down tube going into lugs at the head tube but the head tube being fillet brazed into the down tube / head tube you could use a similar method. Weld two short tubes to you head tubes at the required angles. File / polish down the welds. Cut off the mini down / top tubes to lug length, cut any patterns you want into them then braze in your down tube / top tube.

ah Got it!
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