Re: [CR]Naked ritchey, falcon, pinerello

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:56:23 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Naked ritchey, falcon, pinerello
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Pete Geurds wrote:
> Didn't some manufacturer's tack tubes together with copper and then do
> the brazing?
> Not having the frame in hand (it's hard to tell brass from copper in the
> picture) makes me wonder.

If you overheat brass, you'll burn off the zinc and leave mostly copper behind.

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