Author Topic: So i just bought a Vitus frame (Read 26099 times)

oldschoolace · « **Reply #25 on:** May 31, 2018, 09:29 PM »

Well that was a ballache! alot more than it should have been to be fair, but i was keen to take my time and get it right.
was aiming to run an M8 grub screw but once i had got the hole wide enough it was clear the remnants of the previous grub screw thread would interfere with the clean cutting of a new thread.

Went up to an M10, and glad i did. Had a lovely clean hole to work with and once tapped i had 5 threads. A little more than you would find an a regular M10 nut, so plenty to get a decent fix on a seatpost.

Time to ge shopping for parts

Mikku · « **Reply #26 on:** June 02, 2018, 12:19 AM »

You're the man! Now get this baby built!

oldschoolace · « **Reply #27 on:** June 23, 2018, 05:44 PM »

Much swearing, throwing of scraps of metal down the workshop and general annoyance later i finally have this pupper under manners. Squaring off the broken tube inside the casting was a massive headache, as was the temporary seatpost i managed to get stuck while trial sizing the inside of the new section of tube

Not to be bested the second attempt worked a treat and she is more or less ready for a seatpost including the beast of a new grub screw

chubby · « **Reply #28 on:** June 23, 2018, 06:01 PM »

Another beautiful bodge

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Mikku · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2018, 02:09 AM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on June 23, 2018, 05:44 PM

Much swearing, throwing of scraps of metal down the workshop and general annoyance later i finally have this pupper under manners.

Thought you were talking about Dan there for a moment!

Top skills Clint!

oldschoolace · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2018, 12:43 PM »

Had a quick go with my revamped hone and the mast looks much smoother now. The faint grey line radiating from the grub screw hole is the joint where i added the small section of tube. Luckily the jb weld sets the same colour as the original joint bonding agent so externally the joint looks authentic

oldschoolace · « **Reply #31 on:** May 18, 2019, 09:36 PM »

Mk on the horizon and nowt interesting found fork wise, I have, in my wisdom, decided i need some vitus forks.
With the chance of finding some slim to none at best I've bought some road forks with the idea of cutting them down

chubby · « **Reply #32 on:** May 18, 2019, 09:38 PM »

Need to bin this race shite pal..

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oldschoolace · « **Reply #33 on:** May 18, 2019, 10:01 PM »

last on, I promise

griff · « **Reply #34 on:** May 19, 2019, 07:15 AM »

Loving this thread

oldschoolace · « **Reply #35 on:** May 21, 2019, 10:46 AM »

this could be an interesting day

In2bmx · « **Reply #36 on:** May 21, 2019, 12:32 PM »

You need some DC MX4000 .. Job done

oldschoolace · « **Reply #37 on:** May 21, 2019, 12:36 PM »

well that was easier than expected! A band saw and a blowtorch later....

chubby · « **Reply #38 on:** May 21, 2019, 01:07 PM »

Fooked now

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oldschoolace · « **Reply #39 on:** May 21, 2019, 08:54 PM »

very quick mockup when I got in. well happy! just need to find some sort of reamer now to taper the inside of the legs for the dropouts

Spen69 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:12 PM »

Quote from: griff on May 19, 2019, 07:15 AM

Loving this thread

X2 John, this is just awesome bodgery......

HUTCHMAN · « **Reply #41 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:24 PM »

Those forks SOOO suit the frame... staying with the bend ?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #42 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:32 PM »

Cheers gents. yeah once cut to the exact length they will have a slight flair a bit like Dyno forks but probably not as prominent

chubby · « **Reply #43 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:44 PM »

Look alright them

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HUTCHMAN · « **Reply #44 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:55 PM »

going to bond the drop outs in ?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #45 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:57 PM »

Quote from: HUTCHMAN on May 21, 2019, 09:55 PM

going to bond the drop outs in ?

yep, jb weld dries exactly the same colour as the existing bonding so that's the way to go

Jaymz · « **Reply #46 on:** May 21, 2019, 10:15 PM »

Winning

oldschoolace · « **Reply #47 on:** May 25, 2019, 03:41 PM »

Next job is to taper the fork ends internally to accept the drops. Thought this might be a bit of a mare and alot of hand filing but a quick search came up Trump's

BMX1973 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 25, 2019, 05:53 PM »

You are putting a lot of effort into that build. The results look great so far.

oldschoolace · « **Reply #49 on:** May 25, 2019, 06:26 PM »

fooking love a spot of serendipity. the reamer I bought has the same angle as the dropout cone

Author Topic: So i just bought a Vitus frame (Read 26099 times)

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