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@Jay75
I started up this project again on friday, thought I'd post this up to keep me motivated to finish and might be helpful to other members as its getting near painting time.
Started off with on old one of these with a dented downtube...
Next cut out the downtube
and figured put where I want the new down tube
bent a tube and cut and filed it
cut up the chainguard
made a little head badge out of some alloy....
Thought I'd have a little mock up...
Not too happy with the stem/handlebar combo so used some of the down tube and on old quill stem to come up with something different...
Next was the seatube, always wanted an intergrated seatpost/tube like a fancy carbon bike and also wanted to add a little strength...
Almost finished with the welding, just the two sweeping tubes need to be capped...
I saw a paint job here by a spanish fellow who filed and filled his welds for a super smooth finish.
So the last few days I've been getting all the welds smooth, handlebars look great all smooth will post pics later... I sprayed some test cards yesterday to try and get some idea of paint schemes/colour, I think I'm gonna go for a candy red or a black glitter, my friend has been raving about this new "glitter" additive shaped like tiny diamonds that don't need to be put in a heavy gel coat.
Overall its not that bad so far, rode it for a week to see if I could snap any welds but thankfully everything stayed together and feels really solid but not too heavy. I'm only missing a seat now, was thinking of going for a brooks swallow.