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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: harris on March 11, 2006, 10:04 AM

Title: anyone cut lugs of frame ideas please
Post by: harris on March 11, 2006, 10:04 AM

i am going to cut some 990 lugs off a frame not sure of best way
i dont want to damage it to much i thought dremmel drill and small hacksaw
but finishing it so it is smooth not to sure what to use

Title: Re: anyone cut lugs of frame ideas please
Post by: Nana on March 11, 2006, 10:10 AM

Hacksaw then file it down  :) done it before and it leaves no marks at all  ;)

Title: Re: anyone cut lugs of frame ideas please
Post by: sawzall on March 11, 2006, 10:14 AM

without looking at it i would say the best way is to remove the bulk of the lugg with a hacksaw or angle grinder,then using a file remove remaining part then finish with some production paper as used in body shops etc : doing this you wont see where it was daumenhoch:

Title: Re: anyone cut lugs of frame ideas please
Post by: harris on March 11, 2006, 10:19 AM

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: anyone cut lugs of frame ideas please
Post by: lazychubs on March 11, 2006, 04:41 PM

the bloke who welded mine onto my a frame i got of dordy
just ran his grinder round the weld and inserted a long bolt and they just fell off
lol then just clean up the frame or forks