Got in some more work over the past few days. I usually use tall thin chainstays but after some measuring, I realized the round stays would need dimples.

Line them up and cut my Hirose inspired measuring device to the correct length:


Measure and mark the midpoint of the dimple:




Use the proprietary Draper Dimpl-o-matic (TM)(C)(R)
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Dimples!



Sorry, I put my Dimpl-o-matic away before I took pictures. It's a little arbor press that I made a form and a depth stop for. I'll post pics next time it's set up.

Also, key learning from brazing up multiple forks at once is keep the flux contained to where you need it. I walked out of the shop after completing the forks and I was covered from head to toe in flux. It had dripped on my shoes, my bench, the floor. The hardened flux also messes up fitting the next piece into the fixture. I don't know that I will do a lot of production work like this but, we'll put that into the knowledge bank. I think I tend to use more than the average and maybe dialing that back a bit would help too. I have found that I like to have a ring of flux somewhat outside of the brazing area that I can drag down into the brazing to maintain coverage. I'm sure the guys who do this every day get in and out fast enough that they don't need to but, I'm a bit slow still.