Seat Stays

I got the seat stays on last night. I filed a slight grove with a rat tail file on each side of the seat lug. I took an old toe strap and squeezed the stays in the right place. Installed a spare wheel. Next step was to braze the drop outs to the seat stays and then the stay plugs to the seat lug. I pulled the method from the Patarek manual. Doug Fattic would have had a cool tool to hold the stay in place for brazing, but the toe strap worked just fine. I also got the brake guides brazed on. They were easy. It went like this.....sand, clamp, flux, braze, done.