New Solution

After an evening of contemplating my track dropout issue i believe that i have come up with a better solution. I have found that dropout can be purchesed without plugs, instead they come simply stamped out of a plate of steel, before hardening, which means that instead of plugging them into the chainstay where the angle of the plug dictates the angle of the dropout a slot can be cut into the chainstay and then fillet brazed into place.

The original dropouts with plugs:

The dropouts that I am now going to use:

I think all will agree that these dropouts are far less elegant but it is my only option without massively compromising on frame design.

In order to use these dropouts i will have to cut a slot into the chainstay as previously described but also to then fillet braze them into place before filling in the gap that will be created between the drop out and the tube. Silver is too fluid a brazing material to be able to do this so i will have to go back to using bronze for this particular part of the build, not somthing that i am keen on doing but i have had a lot of practice with Bronze fillet brazing whilst building the various jigs so fingers crossed it will go to plan.

Whilst ordering these track dropouts i also purchased the final component that i will need to complete the frame; the 'Top Eyes', i have opted for the C32 model.

Top Eyes are brazed onto the end of the seatstays and then fillet brazed onto the side of the toptube/downtube lug, this is the last brazing task to be performed.