Working with Lugs is painstaking, tedious work; there’s really no way around it. To get a set of lugs to the point where you can think about brazing them into a frame can take days.

First one must conceptualize what they want the lugs to look like and sketch it on the lugs so that they have an outline to work from. One must then cut away at the lugs to give them a rough shape and only then can one proceed with using a file to give them shape.

Crafting an intricate lugged frame really is a labor of love, but i think the end product more than justifies the means.

These lugs still have some work left to be done to them, but one can begin to see the form they are taking. I’ll be sure to post more photos as this frame approaches completion.