Now that you have heat treated the bamboo you need, cut, miter and tack the frame together.



You may choose to use a jig to hold everything in place. I did not use a jig so I am not going to go into that here. I don't know much about jigs so don't even ask.



I used the full size drawing and built directly off of that using spacers and standoffs to get everything in the right position.



Use a good half-round wood rasp to miter the joints.



Make sure that you use trigonometry to figure out the length of the chain stays and seat stays. What is drawn on the paper is a projected view.



Rough up the bamboo where the epoxy will go.



Rough up the metal too and stick it all together using 5 minute epoxy or your favorite glue.



Once it is all stuck together very gently put the wheels and fork in place and check alignment. If it looks good you are ready to move to move to the next step. If not



Note: The bamboo headset shown was not a good idea. I had to ream it out and insert a steel head tube because the headset cups did not seat properly in the bamboo and gave a scary wobble when turning corners! Start with a metal head tube and save yourself the hassle. The picture does show how rough your bamboo joint areas should be.