Hi Clyde. Gerd Scraner's "The Art of Wheelbuilding" Buonpane Publishers, 1999, has a detailed description of tying and soldering. It's available from Excel Sports Boulder. It's a great book and I'd rate it higher than Jobst Brandt's "The Bicycle Wheel". Jobst is brilliant but kind of has that engineer's tunnel vision. Gerd has tons of practical experience. Good luck! share the road; billydavid.
> Friends:
\r?\n> I did a search of the archives and was surprised to not find anything
\r?\n> about techniques to tie and solder spokes!
\r?\n> I may well have just missed it, my apologies in advance if that is the
\r?\n> case.
\r?\n> I have a 1979-ish Gitane Team Replica that I want to show off with tied
\r?\n> and soldered spokes.
\r?\n> Yeah, I know that they might make no difference.
\r?\n> I really just want them to show off what was being done "back in the
\r?\n> day"
\r?\n> If there is a technique that is especially "pretty", it will probably
\r?\n> win for my bike, since again, it is all for show.
\r?\n> I am thinking about a nice neat tie job with copper wire with just a
\r?\n> spot of solder on the back and a dab of epoxy to help hold everything in
\r?\n> place and prevent corrosion (gotta be shiny!!)
\r?\n> Bike will be ridden occasionally, but mostly for show. I have PLENTY of
\r?\n> bikes to ride seriously.
\r?\n> Any advice appreciated
\r?\n> -Clyde "all tied up and loving it" Putman
\r?\n> Dallas, Texas, USA, Earth