In a message dated 5/27/01 7:44:41 AM, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
<< As a longtime student of frame building and an infrequent builder (31 to date and losing!) I am most admiring of builders who can successfully repair frames by "pulling " apart lugs and keeping everything more or less intact. This is MUCH more difficult than building a new frame. In fact, frame repair in general is a real pain and time sink.... >>
AMEN, BROTHER. Repair is much harder than building. I only do repairs as favors. If I had to charge for the aggravation it would be a lot. But pulling frames apart for the lugs isn't as hard. I just cut the frame up into bite size pieces and heat away. Just be careful not to distort the lugs and shells. I don't reuse crowns-too dangerous. Phil