Raoul said: We've all see the REALLY old , circa 1890's frames , with some tubes perfectly mitered , and stuck together with no lug , no fillet , no visible means of connection . The steel tubes look as if they were simply glued into place . That's runny brass brazing .
But with more viscous bronze , you can build up a nice fillet . >>
And Dale replied:
Nope... all the same... with more 'filet" or less build up on the inside or outside of the joint, but all really just techiniques within the same basic joining method..
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I'll add that the turn of the last century frames typically used an internal lug.
Speaking of which the bike fabrication scenes in "Seabiscuit" looked pretty convincing except for the steel rims.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ