TRADITIONAL 🅵🅾🅾🅻🅸🅶🅰🅽 - 1930s Elgin Oriole - 2nd Place (Tie) - BUILD JOURNAL

[ingola]

I remember you using that technique now. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks



Actually without the fork, I'm kinda spinning my wheels. I can't really make any decision on any guard treatment, without seeing how it plays with the finished fork.
But I do love how the butterfly kickstand allows me to keep playing with the bike while the fork in in bluetooth mode.



Thanks, I think that is what OJ was saying earlier too as far as just using the hotwheels with the raw guard.
I'm not locked into using the hotwheels at all. I like it, but don't know if it looks too much like a gimmick.
Still held up by the fork before making any final opinion of any guard treatment.



That is a possibility as well. I'll keep it in mind.



Funny thing is, I think I actually understood what you were saying.

Gun blueing solution will rust if not rinsed in hours

 

[kingfish254]

Looks like it was 8 years ago today that I bought this Oriole. It just popped up as a FB memory.

 

[Pondo]

Big difference in the before and after.

 

[kingfish254]

Delayed start this morning. More landlording. Here is a pic of the bent over bamboo from the rain from the opposite end of Queenfish's courtyard.

 

[kingfish254]

Here is the pre-scrub and blend stage for the shroud.

 

[kingfish254]

Initial rub over the right side. I was afraid that there wasn't enough white (and there might not be), but as far as blending with the frame darts, I like it.

 

[kingfish254]

Finished with the vinegar steel wool blending . I think I'll be fine as far as the amount of white. No real way to tell without peeling the masking away and seeing how it looks with everything else.

 

[kingfish254]

Got the fork wing cone darts taped off and painted

 

[kingfish254]

Took the tape off the shroud. I'm happy with the results.

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

Looks like it was 8 years ago today that I bought this Oriole. It just popped up as a FB memory.

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It has come a long way! Makes me really appreciate that fork you chose for this build. Excited to see the before and finished after.

 

[kingfish254]

Had to break away and drive over to @Captain Awesome "s side of the river to score this aluminum 3speed Electra Relic tanker. Been wanting one of these feames for a while.

 

[kingfish254]

Unmasked the fork wing

 

[Fv2]

Had to break away and drive over to @Captain Awesome "s side of the river to score this aluminum 3speed Electra Relic tanker. Been wanting one of these feames for a while.

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I have a pink felt chief I'll trade you.

 

[BartRidesEternal]

Unmasked the fork wing

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Straight from:

The paint job and bike turned out very good so far. Love that ratina job!

 

[kingfish254]

Did a little vinegar wool rub on the cones.

 

[kingfish254]

Fork reassembly

 

[kingfish254]

Semi attached the forkage

 

[kingfish254]

I have a pink felt chief I'll trade you.

That's funny because I have a set of pink felt wheels

 

[kingfish254]

Straight from:

The paint job and bike turned out very good so far. Love that ratina job!

Thanks. I am pretty pleased with it and grateful for all of the tips and tricks from RRB, OJ, and TRM.
This fork does look like something from the ratty redneck version of Thunderbirds.

 

[BobbyStillz]

Semi attached the forkage

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That came out slick.