Hello Listers,
My mate Jim Bundy called me with a request to procure 80 spoke nipples suited for wood rims from the 30/40's era. He will be using them to build a wheelset with a pair of rarely found australian made Rex wooden rims. Jim is now a young 80-something years old and no longer builds frames under his own name but still tinkers with them everyday and is excited about building these up to make complete a period bike. Finding such items in Oz might be a tough call so if anybody has spokes nipples with a 15 gauge thread (or 14 gauge at a stretch) with at least 25mm in length please let me know.
I don't know what Jim has but I am sure he could either Pay outright or trade if that may suit both parties.
So not for me, but I'm praying someone on the list may come to the rescue as I'd hate to tell Jim "No can do".
thanks coolio's
Ciao,
Ben Kamenjas
Sydney, Oz