Some more images from an 1899 Bicycle Supply Catalog

Tubing Straigtener - 1899

Scale - Weight has been Important for a long time:)
Wheel Assembly Tool

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Scanned from an original bicycle catalog. I will have other post from this and other turn of the century catalogs. Stay tuned for some killer brazing furnaces!

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Good notch will allow BB to fit without a problem.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

File the finishing touches on the tube. This is the most tedious part of all but the snugger the fit the less chance of frame distortion.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Carefully grind as close as you can to the scribe line.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Hard to see the scribe line in the picture but it is there. Grinding/Filing to the line is the next step.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Blue the tubing and scribe the notch via the lug. Pictured here is the top tube and top head tube lug.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond

Setting up Henry James Jig for chain stay length and BB drop.

Setting the seat post angle on the Henry James Jig using the supplied HJ Protractor.

Doris looked lonely by herself so I made her some friends.

Lincoln Smithy LLC - Unique Metal Sculpture - Artist: John Raymond