Re: [CR] modern KOF fillet brazed builders

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:49:14 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] modern KOF fillet brazed builders
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Steve Leitgen wrote:
> I'm not sure why you would use silver to plug the fork end. Seems like a
> waste of material.

'Cause that's what the Boss wanted. :-)
> Leave the ends open and after painting put a plug in
> with epoxy. I've done that with frames and haven't had a failure yet in
> 24 years. (Of course "yet" may be the operative word.)

The track frames we built for the US Women's team had open stay ends -- we didn't bother plugging them at all. But Marketing or somebody decided they didn't want that look on the production frames.

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