Dave wrote: "I keep a whole bunch of foam rubber pipe insulation in my shop for covering the tubes of nice bikes--kind of like car mechanics' bras."
Yeah, I do the same thing now when I'm building one up, but it's always those little "I'm just going to tighten the stem" deals that get you.
You still digging on that lug vice?
Cheers! Don Ferris Anvil Bikeworks, Inc. Littleton, Colorado Ph: 303.471.7533 / 303.919.9073 Fax: 413.556.6825 http://www.anvilbikes.com
-----Original Message----- From: David Feldman [mailto:feldmanbike@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:46 AM To: Anvil Bikeworks; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR]Damage at Bike Shops
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> I always just wrap 3M blue painter's masking tape
> around and slightly above
> the headtube and then face lightly after paint.
> It's faced "for real"
> before it goes to paint. Never had a problem.
>
> My biggest fear when working on any "new" bike is
> dropping an allen on it.
> How many times have you dropped an allen over a bike
> with a new paint job
> and felt that jab of panic as it skitters across the
> floor while you search
> the paint for nicks?
>
> Cheers!
> Don Ferris
> Anvil Bikeworks, Inc.
> Littleton, Colorado
> Ph: 303.471.7533 / 303.919.9073
> Fax: 413.556.6825
> http://www.anvilbikes.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On
> Behalf Of goodrichbikes
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 9:17 AM
> To: Todd Kuzma; LouDeeter@aol.com;
> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Damage at Bike Shops
>
> Todd Kuzma posted-
> If the paint job ain't great, you can get that same
> chip when you face the
> > head tube. In this case, I'd be more inclined to
> blame the painter for
> that
> > chip than the shop. Of course, the shop should
> have faced the head tube
> for
> > proper fit of the headset.
>
> I always remove the paint with a razor. First run
> the blade along the
> outside edge thereby creating a paint donut on the
> head tube face that's
> separate from the rest of the paint job. Then use
> the razor to remove the
> paint donut. Then it's obvious if the head tube has
> been faced. If it has,
> then no need to do it again.
>
> Curt Goodrich
> Minneapolis, MN
>
>
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