Wayne Indeed, those images are "thought-provoking," I wish I had BBbraze3.jpg to frame; kinda reminds me of one of my favs, Peter Sellars. Joe Starck, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org> wrote: Here are some images to go along with the narrative!
Cheers -
Wayne
-----Original Message----- From: LouDeeter@aol.com [mailto:LouDeeter@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:42 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Miters, brazing and joint strength
joestarck2003@yahoo.com writes:
> how did Brian Baylis demonstrate "how the miter and not the lug is
what determines frame joint strength and alignment"
Joe, Brian demonstrated that the edges of the miter should be flush with
the edges of the tube so that the tube edges (the miter) support the
loads. Brian took a tube, cut the miter, showed the group how if gaps
appear on the curve of the cut that additional work must be done so that
there is no gap whatsever. If this isn't done properly, then brazing
material will fill the gap and will not offer the strength and alignment
integrity of the better miter solution. The premise being that if the
miter is done properly, then the strength of the joint is set and the
lug is more for decoration and fixing the tubes in place and not there
to add additional strength to the joint--which is why fillet or TIG will
offer an equally strong joint if the miters are equal in quality. Or,
at least that is how I understood it and it made sense to me. Lou
Deeter, Orlando FL
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