Re: [CR]Now: Bilaminate construction Was: Ritchey with faux lugs?!?

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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:25:19 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: Bilaminate construction Was: Ritchey with faux lugs?!?
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Dale Brown wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/19/2004 5:46:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << A stack of sheet metal is cut all at the same time for many copies. I
> guess "easy" is a relative term, but it sure beats cutting them one at a
> time. .......... >>
>
> Herewith begins the opinion section:
>
> Chuck, I don't believe that.
>
> I think it's an urban myth or something...
> I have heard it a couple of ways, it doesn't seem plausible and I have
> decided, using my superior intelligence and intuitive powers, that the "stack of lug
> sheets, cut into fancy shapes all at once" idea is bologna.

My personal opinion? Punched out with a die, one at a time... mass produced.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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