Some small progress. Tubes are identified and their orientation and butt lengths are marked. The top tube and down tube are both .8/.5/.8 Columbus Zona, the seat tube is .8mm at the bottom bracket and .6mm at the seat cluster. That should make it a nice fit for a 27.2mm seatpost.



Butt lengths and transitions are marked. This can be critical in some builds as you don't want lug points protruding into the transition sections or worse still into the thin middle sections.



Some cleanup on the bottom bracket. Some casting irregularities have been filed off and some small details added. A trial fit with the seat tube shows it's a nice fit, the down tube is a little snug and will need to be opened up a bit. The oval chainstays will need to be squished a bit to make a good fit for the chainstay sockets.



Fleur-de-lys shaped water bottle bosses and reinforcing diamonds. These are great, but the fleur-de-lys is a little too fancy for this frame.



So, out with the Foredom (basically a Dremel on steroids with a big external motor. It rocks.)



...leaving a much simpler version.



more soon.