Originally Posted by
unterhausen
That's what I do. I try to feather the edges as I'm going, but then when I'm done before I turn off the torch I go around the joint and look for problem areas. That's when it pays to have a fairly energetic flame. My goal is no sanding/polishing, but that hasn't happened yet.
The fellow I am learning from has been doing this for 30 years... a few ex frame builders used to call him "OK" Arvon which stood for "overkill"...
A few more minutes of post build work and it should look like these brake posts are flowing out of the frame...
Still have a little touching up work to do here but am quite pleased... was looking for a smooth line / flow on my brake mounts and got the brass flowing very nicely with a fairly hot flame and am blessed with quick hands and apparently... not a bad set of eyes for this.
Will be cleaning up the frame and adding more in the way of cable stops and guides, a spoke holder, and will be smoothing out the original work, especially in the bb area as that looks like crap.
But that is really another thread.