NOTES ON FRAMEBUILDING

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MITERING AND FITTING THE SEATSTAYS

By James Morikawa


I  will briefly write about  "Mitering and Fitting the Seatstays".

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Above is the mitered and fitted seatstays in the frame jig;  not yet brazed.


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In the above I've putting "S" bends into the seatstays.  Same process, and tools as for bending the chainstays.


I obtain the mitering angles, and lengths for the mitering process:

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I use a fixture for mitering the seatstays.  The main beam on the beltmiter has a channel which the fixture slides in.  The seatstays are mounted, and angles set on the fixture.

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I proceed on to the actual mitering.  The tube, or stays mounted on the fixture is hand lead into the spinning abrasive belt.

That's it for this webpage.  Have a good day.


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