Christmas, Cats, Crystals, and Cycles.
I’ve enjoyed my short Christmas break with Karin and this afternoon I got back into the shop. One of my favorite things about Christmas is watching the cats play in the empty boxes and piles of wrapping paper. I never get tired of that and neither do they.
The photo of the buck was taken by Karin and he was with his sizable harem in our backyard on Christmas day. He was a big, majestic boy and looked pretty pleased with himself.
The crystals are covering everything the past few days. We wake up in the morning and the whole world sparkles in the new sun. It would be hard to exaggerate how pretty it is. I took a few close ups of the crystals on the back deck.
Last but not least I’m back at the bench and working on the last JKS of 2009. The fork is done and tomorrow I’ll add the rear end to the front and then it will look like a frame.
More soon.
Dave
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Dave,
Could you please tell me what tools you use and process to get the casting pits out of your lugs. I have started this process on my current frame and it is fairly easy to do on the open areas, but of course it gets tougher around the valleys of the sockets on the BB shell. Thanks for any tips you may offer. Happy New Year! I wish you the best in 2010.
Thanks, Wil
Hey Will,
Thanks for the note. I don’t use any special tools to get that job done – just narrow strips of emory cloth and a lot of elbow grease. One thing that I do it to be sure I give all the castings a very close inspection to be sure they have no pits or defects before I consider building them into a frame. With high quality lugs it’s rare to find any serious issues but if I do the part is rejected and not used. Each year I end up with a small pile of reject lugs and crowns but it’s cheaper to not use them than to spend the time trying to make them right.
Stay well and have Happy New Year.
Dave