At 10/24/2009 09:06 PM +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>I just followed one of your suggested links (www.trykit.com) and I
>found it to be slightly shocking. I had no idea that trikes were
>ever built to such competition specifications. There looks to be at
>least one trike built out of Reynolds 953 stainless steel
>tubing. The mind boggles! It's beautifully fillet brazed,
>especially considering that fillet brazing 953 tubing is apparently
>very difficult to fillet braze.
Fillet brazing of stainless tube was a problem before the introduction of Freddy Parr's Fillet Pro. 40% silver it wets out on SS just fine, is half again as strong as bronze and melts at silver brazing temps.
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