Re: [CR]Re: Bilam and shaping machine

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 15:37:35 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Bilam and shaping machine
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

i'm with you chuckie. but not "that" way. not that there's anything wrong with it. i thought they "were" hand cut. and i spent endless minutes pondering the math involved to be able to reach the production numbers they quoted. flash's 3 parter was a breath of fresh air. i was freeked out about it for a long time, and my mind was blown too. i don't like it when my mind is blown. i'm glad - i find it refreshing - that the "love" for these brands is still there long after the layers of lore are peeled back. e-RICHIE chester, ct

Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes: I'm with you Richie. When I saw Hetchins in the local shops here in Southern California in the mid 1970s and they told me the lugs were "cut and filed by hand" I wasn't buying it!

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> no matter what he meant, i'm still leaning toward the
> facts in flash's 3 part account of hetchins: that - for the
> most part - the fleur-de-lisssss (?) and little geegaws
> were applied by mechanical means, meaning <not>
> lovingly cut & sculpted by the hands of an arteeeste.
> e-RICHIE
> aka Richard M Sachs
> chester, ct