FINALLY -- The Bottom Bracket!!

Here are the headsets dismantled so that you can see the welds ... after I cut out chunks in the middle to shorten them.

Finally ... at long last ... I gave up procrastinating

and worked on finishing the adjustable bottom bracket unit.

This is what a mess it looks like after I finish welding it.

spatter, lumps, and everything.

Here it is after I've sanded off the paint

and smoothed it down with the flap disk.

Yes, I smoothed both front and back.

It looks like I even managed to center

the front derailleur tube on the BB.

Closer View of a Few Parts

Here it is with the pedals and steering.

That's a seat tube that is attached to the piece going into the headset.
This sits high enough to clear even my knees.

I copied the tilting setup that TrikeBuilder used on his DeltaWolf.

I changed out bottom bracket units ...
just trying to simplify my workload at this point.
Besides, this one is cleaner looking ...
(my welds are getting better)

Bolted to Frame

There it is ... bolted to the frame ... needs a few more parts ...

Bottom Bracket 01b

I cut the tab pieces I welded to the bottom of the Bottom Bracket out of a strip of 3/16" metal that I bought at Lowe's. I clamped a piece of main tubing ... along with a piece of 1/16" cardboard between the 2 tabs (trying to make some allowance for paint thickening the width of the tube).

You can see my less than stellar welding job ... before I grind it somewhat pretty ...

Bottom Bracket 01a

This is one of those fancy cast bottom brackets ... if I grind away all those round thingies that the tubes were brazed into ... I'll have nothing but scrap metal left.

I should really ask Jack at S&B Recumbents where he gets his bottom brackets from. Nice clean new ones that really look nice ...

Okay, so I welded caps on them and ground them smooth with the hand grinder ... Jack would be proud that I'm not using a hand file ...