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Some Bondo math: 1 ounce of cured Bondo = 2 lbs of Bondo dust.

The OA concoction that I've found works real good is 1&1/4 oz OA per gallon of hot water. It gives me the incentive to drain the water heater (which I'd neglect otherwise) on larger batches. I scrub the parts every fifteen minutes with a soft bristle brush. About two hours takes care of most...

It's getting just a light skim coat to fill in some pinholes. When I tacked the holes somebody :rolleyes: drilled from the inside it left shallow holes. Same with the fenders. I probably could have epoxied them but I ran out of JB Weld and the Bondo was on the shelf. All of the waviness and...

A painter, I ainter. Recently while driving somewhere else, I passed a yard sale. What to my wondering eyes should appear but a complete Black and Decker body shop, also known as a Workmate. I chunked my truck into reverse and went back. For the price of 10 dollar value meals, I have graduated...

I have one part that I need to make and then the parts swapping should be done on this build. Today I will be boxing up the parts that didn't make it on to this build and shelving them for later. Next I will be taking it to paint and body work, an area where I have no talent but that doesn't...

What a great work space. I could get lost inside my head for hours in there. How are your winters, will it be comfortable to work in there?

Google 'exhaust pipe cutter'. I've used a KD one for many years and they will cut pipe pretty cleanly.

If you don't change up ten things on your build each time you work on it, you just aren't trying hard enough. Plenty of non build off stuff this weekend. I put finishing touches on two of my other bikes and I'm pleased as pickles with both of them. I also scored a great deal on a Nexus 3 speed...

That Snyder should clean up great for a patina build. Great score and I might be a little jealous.

After I applied the sticker, I shot it with a couple of coats of clear to keep it stuck. It looks like it belongs on the bike now rather than the bright blue it used to be.

The whole leave it alone and soup it up later thing lasted about 17 hours. I replaced the seat with a stitched Electra elastomer model, midi ape hangers, Duro Beach Bum 26 - 3.0 whitewalls, skull decals on the toptube, and modified the cup holder. The tires were a blem bargain bin deal and fit...

Shout out goes to OddJob. I was ready to give up on the tank and he nudged me into giving it another try. To my eye, the tank fits the frame and the look I'm chasing perfectly, but dang it gave me trouble mounting it. The JB Weld has it nailed rock solid to the frame. I spent some time tonight...

I'd remove the fender mount, pull it from the bottom and weld the mount back in if you are going to use it. My smallest screw type puller would probably fit in between the fork legs. It could be clamped in a vise to use a slide hammer puller.

Camelbacks make sweet looking klunkers. A free frame to get the build going is a big bonus. Here is a thread by ParkRNDL from RRB Buildoff 15 (Click here to see it)

An inside bearing puller would be my tool of choice to do this. There are both slide hammer and screw types. Probably not much help unless you have access to one.

Hah, his brings back memories. I mounted a CZ fork on a bicycle way back in the 1970s. I don't recall any details of the swap process but it did work and was nose heavy like no other. I'm sure however I did it was sketchy with zero thoughts about safety. Let it roll.

Sometimes you have to use all of the tools in the toolbox :rockout:

About as exciting as watching epoxy cure,that's where my build is at the moment. I've spent the last couple of days leaning the frame over and filling the gap between the bottom of the frame and the top of the tank with JB Weld. I'll give it a couple of days and sand out the epoxy that is in...

That's the first Spacey Liner I've seen with a Schwinn type springer and it flows with the frame most excellent.

Good question. The last thing I did last night, before going off to tortured dreams, was close the blinds, light some candles,and put on a continuous loop of some Barry White classics. First thing this morning I removed the tape and the tank & frame are successfully mated! My inner moron wants...