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Message: <blockquote data-quote="franconuevo" data-source="post: 1006871" data-attributes="member: 24533">Just a little more:almost done with the frame, just have to shorten up that Fork.[ATTACH=full]34221[/ATTACH]Yep...too leggy out front without chopping the fork...even without a tire it brings the top bar level,  but we don't want it level...do we?  We want it to cant down.[ATTACH=full]34222[/ATTACH]Here's a little weld detail to attach the rear uprights to the little nubs on top of the Univega dropouts.  hammer a little tube so it's rectangular...JAM it into a bigger pipe....tack it and then it sits on the nubs just fine.  They don't point directly upward,  but I can adjust... get on them enough to get a good strong weld.[ATTACH=full]34223[/ATTACH]You can barely see in the back there...I prefer to grind down the welds as I go,  then put a thin layer of Bondo on...use your finger to spread it.quick sand it down with some 60 grit..don't use a spatula or putty knife else  you'll be sanding off bondo for days.  So..welding..it's fun yes?...but, cleaning up the joints...UGH...sucks.!So try to do a little as you go along, if you wait until the end and then have to grind , bondo, sand...it'll drive you nuts..you'll end up wanting to put a fork through your forehead.<img src="/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/43.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":43:" title="43    :43:" data-shortname=":43:" />franco</blockquote>