Framebuilding with Dave Bohm: Day 7
FramebuildingIt’s too late to write a thorough summary of today’s events. For the most part I worked on preparing and brazing the seat tube to the bottom bracket. Dave says we’re on track to finish our frames by Friday but oh man is there still a lot of work to be done.
Brazing the seat tube to the bottom bracket turned out really well. I slightly charred one of the lug tips, but I didn’t end up getting any silver on the lug itself, a new achievement for me. The shorelines should only require a bit of touch up to get nice and crisp.
I also brazed on the seat tube sleeve. I started this one without Dave’s supervision and ended up charring a lug tip and getting silver all over it. Oh well. At least a know why it happened.
![The bottom bracket and seat tube are looking pretty good post braze.](http://www.rideeatcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/image69-e1427780946329.jpg)
![After washing off the flux, it looks like I won't have to do a lot of filing to get this joint looking good. That's good. Cleaning off excess filler is probably one of he more time consuming tasks.](http://www.rideeatcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/image70-e1427781022514.jpg)
![The seat tube sleeve got a bit charred, but the shorelines are looking good. A little file work should make it handsome enough.](http://www.rideeatcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/image71-e1427781184726.jpg)