Re: [CR]Re: Spectrum brazing and Silver vs. Brass - OH NO !!!

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:51:45 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Spectrum brazing and Silver vs. Brass - OH NO !!!
References: <ABD079F38D58E54FBCC327A1D1BBD863018ABD71@kaci-mail-10.na.bvcorp.net>
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Cheung, Doland wrote:
> Didn't 753 require silver brazing, along with the Reynolds builder
> certification skill?

Getting 753 certified, at least in the early 80s, involved brazing a sample joint or two with 753 tubing, sending them in to Reynolds, and having them do destructive testing on the joints. Reynolds insisted on silver solder and I don't know anybody personally who tried it with brass, but there is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Cuevas insisted on using brass for his 753 frames.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA