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Man gotta get me one of those beugler tools. Wheels are looking good.

I have soaked other bare metal parts in the oa bath before and they usually just get a little grey tint. I was really surprised how these came out. Darker than expected, and I'm happy with it. Oxalic acid bath, not just for rust anymore.

I got a little progress made yesterday. I put the frame, tank, and fork assembly in the oxalic acid bath for about 8 hours. Brushing and flipping about every hour or so. I found in the past it will turn the metal darker and take out any shine. A good rinse and dry followed by a coat of dead flat...

Love the the look on these.

i never thought about that but its worth a mock up to see.

Thank you sir. I looked at the frame with fender on for about one beer before i broke out the drill. I need to age some fender rivit bolts, mount it and move on to the front.

I drilled the fender braces out of rear fender and repositioned the curved brace. Now it flows with the frame. I may trim a little off the fender end later after i mount it up with the tire on.

Dang it Bobby you beat me to the punch. I picked a full can of bronze powder last summer at a farm sale. I had the same idea of dusting it on a clear finish. You've inspired me to pull it out and use on another project i'm working on. I really like where you are taking this build.

I pulled some fenders out of my stash and the rear fits fine but the front will need a little modifying. I really like the curved braces but the rear braces don't line up with the upsweep frame ends. I will drill out the rivets and move them around to get a better flow. Then a nice soak in the...

Spent the weekend and work and fell to second page slacker. I'm off for the next two so time to get back to building. I did pick up a little something i've been wanting for a while. I got a set of body dollies and some hammers from amazon to work out the small dents ands dings i always wind up...

I love those frames. Good looking start.

Great looking frame and nice stack of parts to start. Welcome back.

Love that chainguard idea. Was at a swap meet once,saw a couple frame on the ground. I went to check them out and a similar rack was laying on top. I actually thought it was a guard for a sec. Rat ingenuity at its finest.

I bought a set of 3 dies and a press off of amazon last year. This is the first time i've used them. Easy to use if you take your time and mark everything out correctly.

I did a little today between the rains and busy work schedule. I finished drilling the holes and using the dimple dies on the other side of the tank. Amazingly the holes lined up perfectly. I had to do a little massaging on the tank to get it to fit correctly between the rails but all is good...

Love them dimple dies. I used them on my tank the other day for the first time.

I'm liking that rear tail light idea. Build is coming along nicely.

I wouldn't think of drilling holes in a rare or valuable tank. This one had its issues, so modified it was.

Well I did a little something yesterday while the ribs were smoking away. The tank got a little to close to to the drill press and next thing I know it had holes in it. Since there were holes I figured why not get the dimple die out. The hardest part of this was measuring and marking several...

Lovin those bars but i'm not sure about the bmx stem. I'm pretty sure you could work some magic on it. I like how this build is flowing along.