Thats a pretty awesome frame (and parts). Quite jealous of what you can buy in the States!
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Finally, the entire frame has been covered with the cleaning process down to 1000 grit simple green wetsand.
The lighting in the courtyard wasn't doing the Duralium justice, so I went out in the lane to catch some rays.
When I saw that first pic I thought for a moment those black marks on the upper seat stay were holes. 
Guess I better lay off the Champipple.
Guess I better lay off the Champipple.
The light is better down at the waterfront. Take that pretty thing down for a drink!
Now give 'er a mother's day polish.
There's always the ol' Cream of Tartar sauce method of polishing aluminum too. I used that on the Fisher CR7 build back in BO #13. Wow. Just saying that makes it seem so long ago!
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If you DO decide to polish, a cone buff gets into all the tight places.
Save the tartar sauce for hamburgers.
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There will be some level of polish, just not sure if it will be to the same shine as SaltHammer was.
I weighed it the other day and it is about 6.5 pounds
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Guessed close. That's lightweight for the time. Beautiful frame. It's going to a be another glorious build!
I made the attempt last weekend, but it was too buried and would have required too much disassembly to get a frame weight.
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Those look like some real sweet wheels
They really are. I still need to clean and polish them up a little.
I've never used any special tools to install BB bearing cups other than a hammer and occasionally a block of wood. I really didn't want blows to shock this cast Duralium BB, so I went to Home Depot last night.
My bearing cup press didn't work perfectly, but combined with my old methods it did the trick with minimal impact on the BB. The only problem was allignment. The press on its own didn't force allignment of the cups. So I had to remove the press a couple of times, and use the buffer wood and hammer to provide some adjustment whacks. In the end these were lesser blows and the press pulled the cups in cleanly.
I think the Lawless billet aluminum bearing cups look awesome in the frame. Shiny is good. Don't be whiny about the shiny.
My bearing cup press didn't work perfectly, but combined with my old methods it did the trick with minimal impact on the BB. The only problem was allignment. The press on its own didn't force allignment of the cups. So I had to remove the press a couple of times, and use the buffer wood and hammer to provide some adjustment whacks. In the end these were lesser blows and the press pulled the cups in cleanly.
I think the Lawless billet aluminum bearing cups look awesome in the frame. Shiny is good. Don't be whiny about the shiny.
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