Hi All - Any chance that the table got tweaked after it left Mike's hands? I was lucky enough to have him teach me frame building during the lunch and off hours while we were both at Santana in the earliest of 80's. I've seen him crank a straight frame out of a bench vise build. It was quite an eye opener to a young man still held in mystery about the "black arts" of frame building. Mike made it all look very simple, and any work I ever saw him do in the shop or on the side was top notch! Some of the other builders at the time made the necessity of "cold setting" transcend to a whole new level! What ever happened to Mike? Any good leads for us on the left coast? Anyone had any personal experience with the Henry James alignment system?
Kirk A. Thomas Arcadia CA
At 06:21 PM 2/8/06 -0500, Aldo Ross wrote:
>My "new" Legnano has a definite twist in the frameset i.e. the headtube
>and the seattube aren't in the same plane. I've been taking frames to
>Wheelie Fun in Lebanon, Ohio - they have Mike Melton's old frame table -
>but we recently discovered that the mast is not perpendicular to the
>table, making it very difficult to dial-in a frame. (What that might
>say about Mike Melton's bikes, I don't know ;-)
>
>Anyway, I need a source for frame alignment. Anyone have any
>suggestion? Perhaps a shop within driving distance of
>Cincinnati-Columbus-Louisville-Indianapolis?
>
>Thanks for any leads.
>
>Aldo Ross
>Middletown, Ohio
>
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