It's taken a few weeks but having designed and manufactured the components for my MK2 bike frame jig I finally got around to assembling it and trying out setting it up.
All the parts went together pretty well however I think I'm going to have to do a bit better with the mounting to the bench - I can see me knocking up a bespoke floor standing structure which I can bolt down to the workshop floor.
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| The Mk2 Jig in all of its glory! |
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| The headtube mount |
The bottom bracket mount, pictured below, is the datum for the whole jig - everything pivots around this point.
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| The bottom bracket mount |
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| Seat-tube Jig |
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| Chainstay and dropout jig |
All in all the jig took me about 20 hours to make and cost me about £100 - it should tide me over until I can afford to buy a proper one - and will certainly be a whole lot better than the 'expanding' wooden one I used for my first frame.
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