Monday, February 21, 2011

Not much time tonight, but I did one or two quick jobs. The pins in the head tube were filed flush inside and out, and the excess head tube above the lug was filed down, first roughly and then with a fine file.



Plenty of cutting goop, and the top end of the head tube is reamed and faced, leaving...



... the right internal diameter and a nice parallel face. I'm getting a bit of chatter on the facer, which isn't ideal. You can see the tiny ripples at 4 o'clock and 10 o'clock. Won't affect the headset alignment, but it's annoying anyway. I'll face again after paint and see if I can clean it up then.



... and the same process of grind, file, ream and face on the lower head lug, and this process is finished. Nice to get something done, even if it's not much.

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