It's been brought to my attention that my initial response to David Bean was a bit too terse, and thus ambiguous. The Schwinn Town and Country was fillet-brazed, and done pretty well. While the British brothers Taylor were famed for their ability to lay down a very smooth fillet that didn't require any filing, this was not the case with the Schwinns I remember. On one of mine, a "wash" of lead over the brass had been used to smooth the joints, and that's what melted out when I was burning paint.
Now, to be overly cautious, this message is not to be taken as an endorsement of burning off paint, eh?
But we were so much younger then...
harvey sachs
mcLean va usa.
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> David Bean wrote:
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> The interesting photos show details of the fillet brazed construction that
> closely resemble the construction of my Town and Country tandem.
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> Well, David, looking at the pix, a smile came to my face thinking about
> stripping the paint from one of our Town & Country tandems way back
> when. The fillets looked lovely under the factory paint. Nice and
> smooth, but that wasn't done quite the way the brothers Jack Taylor did
> it in the Olde Sod. As my propane torch flame flickered across the
> joint, the lead melted and flowed out from under it... :-(
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> This was ironic, because one of the features of this bike was that its
> original owner, Bill Lovely of East Providence RI, had carefully drilled
> the brake levers and some other stuff to reduce weight a bit.
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> harvey sachs
> mcLean va usa.