Dale,
Cool! We'll have Sam brazing his fingers together in no time! Everyone start saving your used bubblegum and bailing wire, we'll need plenty of both. Don't forget the box of Band-aids; not only do they come in handy when you cut yourself, but are indispensable for holding frames together also.
I'll see if I can come up with a minimalist shopping list of tools that will be neccessary for this endevour. Don't worry, there's very little required, most of which everyone already has.
Read as much as you can of course, just be ready to pitch about half of it. Don't ask me which half, that's up to you to decide.
This will be fun; as if we don't get our share already!
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> I hereby offer a free set of tubes (True Temper) to Sam, iffen he will
> proceed with this project! It would be nice if he could accompany his reports
> with digital pictures....
>
> When commencing such a task, it seems to me that rather than have someone
> "teach" you, it would be best to carefully read all the literature that
> exists on the topic. I will refrain from critiquing these titles (I have
> strong likes & dislikes but they all should still be read!) but off the top
> of my head here's what's out there:
>
> - (Tim) Paterek Frame Building Manual
> - Richard Talbot's How to Build Your Own Bicycle Frame (or close!)
> - The Proteus Frame Building Book
>
> The last two are out of print I think but maybe someone would lend them for
> reading?
>
> A smattering of related web sites:
>
> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/smonfrey/tubing.html">Stepahie Monfrey
> Framebuilding</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.pacifier.com/~tpaterek">Tim Paterek</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html">Braze Bike Frame/Josh
> Putnam</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.handyharmancanada.com/TheBrazingBook/bbook.htm">The
> Brazing Book by Handy & Harman</A>
> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/buildhpv/bike.html">Gaerlan's Framebuilding
> etc</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.henryjames.com/home.html">Henry James</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.bikeforest.com/bikeCAD.html">bike design CAD</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.ceeway.com/">Ceeway</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.bringheli.com">Bringheli</A>
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina