RRBBO13 Q U O I S E

[The Renaissance Man]

Thanks everyone.
I'm interested in all ideas concerning the eventual 'universal fit' dropout extensions. (I may need to start a thread for that to keep the conversation alive).

Thanks for making me feel like a beefy Viking!

I spent all afternoon yesterday making fiberglass dust in my shop. I had been waiting about fitting a tank until the welding was done to make sure that nothing changed during the process.
It takes patience but in the end I got a nice tight fit. Here's a picture just after I finished for the day. I'll get some better pictures later after Alberto stops dumping rain on Alabama.

I discovered this little grinding rock that was the perfect size for honing the seat stay and top tube openings for this frame.

 

[Duchess]

Another thing I like about these tanks is that their fit can be adjusted to suit within a fairly wide range.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Another thing I like about these tanks is that their fit can be adjusted to suit within a fairly wide range.

The tanks have been used on quite a few different frames by a lot of different builders. It's always fun for me to see what other people do with them!

This was the best fitting tank that I have done yet. I discovered that cutting the seat stays first really helped to get more accurate location marks on the other openings. Normally the seat stays push the tank away from the seat post making it trickier to line up.

I put the fork and wheels back on and rolled it out of the shop (between Alberto's showers) long enough to get some pics.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Did some minor tubal ligation surgery on the old girl today.

Not to worry though, the surgery is reversible with some donor tubes from these table legs.

 

[OneHorsePower]

are we going back in time ? , feels like ive seen this before

 

[The Renaissance Man]

are we going back in time ? , feels like ive seen this before

Raceliner 2.0

 

[G-Matt]

Right on man[emoji1303][emoji1303] looking good


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[OddJob]

First he adds, then he subtracts, then he adds again.
Rinse, and repeat. That's what I call a 'doctored up' rat build!

 

[SSG]

Nice fitment on that tank.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Started mounting the table legs. Got them fitting and tacked in place so that I can create some small 'hanger brackets' at the seat stays.

 

[OddJob]

You lost me at 'table legs'.....

 

[The Renaissance Man]

You lost me at 'table legs'.....

LOL, see post 144^

 

[Indyjps]

This is such a good build, glad I found it early enough to follow along while theres still some suspense.

Wedge frame spreader is a great idea. Dropouts turned out great, I gotta say theres probably as much weld in the new drops as the entire frame, theyre not going anywhere. Your drops just helped me figure out what im doing on a build thats in my head. A sincere thanks.

 

[Chad T]

Such a killer look the way you do the angle cuts on them pipes. Coming along nicely.

 

[Fv2]

You lost me at 'table legs'.....

Raceliner 2.0

 

[OddJob]

LOL, see post 144^

Ah soooo.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

This is such a good build, glad I found it early enough to follow along while theres still some suspense.

Wedge frame spreader is a great idea. Dropouts turned out great, I gotta say theres probably as much weld in the new drops as the entire frame, theyre not going anywhere. Your drops just helped me figure out what im doing on a build thats in my head. A sincere thanks.

I'll be interested to see what's in your head! You're welcome and thank YOU!

Such a killer look the way you do the angle cuts on them pipes. Coming along nicely.

Thanks!
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There's nothing that I can report from the last couple of days except that I have been making some very good progress on a TRM skunkworks project that I can't wait to reveal later!
No pictures for now.

 

[Brian macumber]

Love the repurposing of the table legs made for cool looking exhaust

 

[SSG]

That's one way to get a leg up on the competition.

 

[KJV]

Now: that', some pipes!