Re: Re: [CR] BAY AREA Machinist/framebuilder needed

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:28:09 -0600 (CST)
From: <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Re: [CR] BAY AREA Machinist/framebuilder needed
To: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


For years I just took my time and used a small flat hand file on it's side and it work just fine.
>From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
>Date: 2007/02/02 Fri PM 09:59:37 CST
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR] BAY AREA Machinist/framebuilder needed
>One suggestion would be to file the key out of the washer. If you use 2
>wrenches like you're supposed to, you don't need it. In any case, the
>little bit of backlash a keyed washer still allows, can make the difference
>between just right and too tight with just one wrench, so you still have to
>play around with it until you get it right.
>
>At 06:15 PM 02/02/2007 -0600, mark@sisuhome.com wrote:
>>
>>Hi All.
>>
>>I have a 1" threaded fork and I need to get a 'key slot' milled into the st
>>eer tube to accomodate a keyed headset washer. Can anyone suggest a person
>>who could do this in
>>the SF Bay Area? I would go to Bernie Mikkelsen for this usually but with h
>>is recent stroke I'm not sure if he is doing bike work - plus his machine i
>>s full.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>Mark Buswell
>>San Francisco, CA
>>United States
>
>
>
>John Betmanis
>Woodstock, Ontario
>Canada
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