I finished slotting and doming the fork blade and successfully brazed the dropout in to the blade over the weekend. Without actually logging the time, I think I spent about 10 hours over a week and a half sawing, filing, sanding, and filing some more. I hope that I learned enough to cut that time down significantly for the next blade.
Is this worth it? I think it's a good experience, but in the future I'll be going with the socket-style dropouts. For the sake of continuity, I'll probably use slotted rear dropouts, but future frames will be socketed.
It was very encouraging to find out that I can braze with bronze using the hand-held torch. I'm sure that I'm eating up fuel like nobody's business, but in a pinch it's very capable.
Step-by-step walkthrough with photos will be forthcoming once I start the second blade later in the week.
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