No more procrastinating. Saw this crank on AliExpress and decided this project is going down the square taper rabbit hole. Not keen on the chainring, but I love the fluteless Nuovo Record crank copy.
Decided to tap the frame to 24tpi too with my VAR BB tool. Drive side cup didn't fight me too much on the removal either. (Why do some keep calling it a fixed cup? It's threaded. Just because it is painted along with the frame and is a PITA to remove doesn't make it
fixed).
The three-threads engagement crowd can play conspiracy theorist on this all they want - it's done.
Removing the fixed cup when you don't have the exact adapter necessary on your VAR drive side cup tool..
Threaded. Also faced the BB afterwards.
BB is installed temporarily; will put it in with some Loctite once I have everything set where I want it.
-Kurt