Monday, July 06, 2015

Tandem start

I've got a good start on the next tandem this year (it's a big tandem year for me). This one will be lugged with S&S couplers and no lateral tube. 

Making lugs is the start. Here's the captains seat lug getting made from raw tubing:


I take pieces like this and turn them into a lug

 After some brazing and a whole lot of carving it looks like this:

Here's the whole set of lugs:

Installing couplers is next.