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About 3 month ago I picked up this Monster Cruiser for a c note.

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Today I finally got to start on building it by cutting the frame.

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Looking at 80" wheel base and 7 1/2" off the ground.
 
Seat came today. Idk if I like it cause its bigger than I thought it would be but i'm running with it for now. I have a good portion of the tubes cut and just leaned it all together to get an idea of what it is going to look like. I have to remake the jig before I started finalizing everything for welding. I also thinking I am going to shorten up the bottom tube by 6" to bring the rear tire closer to the seat.

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Spent the evening building a new jig! This one is sooooo much better.

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Sorry I have so much crap in the background.
 
I bought the heavier gauge unistrut and used 8"bolts. I cut 7" sections of conduit to use as spacers between the rails it's really solid and quite heavy. Into it for $100 and its all off the shelf from Home Depot. Best part was that it is pretty much bolt together.
 
Got the top tube mostly done and clamped into place. I wish I could tack it all together right now. I have one more 3" piece to make to connect the middle tube to the down tube.

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Well I learned today that I need A LOT more practice welding but I managed to stick the the pieces of the frame together well enough for the hammer test.

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I also learned that I cut the rear chain stays too short so I have to weld some pieces in to fill the gaps.
 
I could NOT help bringing the wheels and seat to work today and sitting on it for my first test fit.

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still have to weld in the rear top seat stays and the elliptical top tube i made. The pedals clear the ground, and I can reach them! The stem is too long though I am a tad too far stretched out.
 

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