RRBBO13 Back In(B) The Day: Finished

[kingfish254]

Cool tires. Are the reflective strips also white, or is that mostly reflectivity?

 

[hammer mechanic]

Cool tires. Are the reflective strips also white, or is that mostly reflectivity?

The strips have a silver color. I took this pic without a flash, so this is what you get.

These come in solid black, black with cream sidewall, black with gray and green tread with white sidewall. Looking back, I wish I had gotten the gray sidewalls. I have heard that you can peel the reflective strip. Not sure what you will be left with though.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Commenced paint stripping.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Bare frame looks pretty good. Almost an OD green to the front half. I wonder if Worksman pickles the frames after they braze everything together.

I noticed that only 1 of the chainguard tabs are brazed on. The other two are actually welded. I'll finish removing those this weekend.
Now I just need to strip the fork.

 

[OddJob]

Has Worksman always brazed their frames, and are they still doing it ? I can't remember how old this one is that you are using.

 

[hammer mechanic]

My frame is fairly new. It had the latest style badge. I believe that they have brazed their frames for quite some time, if not always. The raw frames that are for sale in the RatRod store look to be brazed.

 

[SILVERKINGPC]

Coming along good HM....a great time to clean and service that sturmey!!...let us know how it looks inside. Be very careful re-assembling it. Any mistake could kill it...

 

[hammer mechanic]

Coming along good HM....a great time to clean and service that sturmey!!...let us know how it looks inside. Be very careful re-assembling it. Any mistake could kill it...

Right. I was just looking at Sheldon Brown's instructions for servicing this hub. I might have to get my courage up before cracking it open.

 

[freederix]

none of paint strippers worked for me so far... what are you using?

 

[hammer mechanic]

none of paint strippers worked for me so far... what are you using?

I'm just using this hardware store brand liquid stripper.

I applied the stripper and waited 10-15 minutes and then started scraping. It took several applications to get the frame completely bare. Hope this helps.

 

[arty dave]

Those are nice tyres, hope they fit in the frame!
There are some great tutorials online, and instructions from Sturmey Archer themselves. Just keep an eye on the pawl springs, they can be hard to find on a dirty workshop floor!

 

[kingfish254]

That looks good nekkid

 

[hammer mechanic]

Measured twice and ordered my spokes.
While I'm waiting on those, I tried to fit up some fenders. Kind of a raingutter style. Not sure if the tires will fit yet. I have another set that might work better, but are more plain jane.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Not really progress, but my spokes came in today.

I lucked out and was able to get front and rear wheel spokes the same length. Not a big deal, but it saved me a few bux.
Been debating on how to paint my new rims.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I like those fenders!

 

[OddJob]

"....how to paint my new rims..." Or maybe, 'not paint'...?

I dig the vibe you have with the raw frame and those fenders are a great look with it. Are the rims black or silver?

 

[hammer mechanic]

I like those fenders!

And then there is this to deal with.

Looks like it got stepped on back in the day.
I worked on it some:

Still needs some fine tuning. Will likely swap out the braces as well.

 

[hammer mechanic]

I had been thinking of keeping the frame bare metal when I first got it. It will take more work to even out the front and rear sections.

The rims are black Velocity Blunt 35s. I hear these are pretty popular with the TOC guys due to the rim profile. Velocity even produced these for a while with a wood grain pattern on them, if that gives you a clue on how I was thinking about painting them.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Good job straightening out the fender!

 

[kingfish254]

Nice fender work. Those Velocity rims are gonna look sweet too.