Jason wrote:?
<< Fred Parr, the framebuilder and framebuilding parts supplier, was developing a flux for brazing titanium. This topic was being discussed on the Framebuilder's list a couple years ago. Fred hasn't participated on that list in quite a while...>>
Jan wrote: << I was under the impression that some of Fred Parr's posts were intended as April Fool's jokes>>
I did not keep up with all of Fred Parr's messages but it certainly seemed to me that he had become increasingly erratic in his messages and claims. I am not sure if he was joking or having some difficulty. A few fellows mentioned he had domestic problems that troubled him... I hope he is well and happy, he brought a lot of passion into the frame building scene and motivated many people with his good intentions.
Dale
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net> To: velo59@yahoo.com; Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 8:58 pm Subject: Re: [CR]Brazed titanium frames
At 4:57 PM -0700 10/15/08, Jason Cloutier wrote:?
>Fred Parr, the framebuilder and framebuilding parts supplier, was
>developing a flux for brazing titanium. This topic was being
>discussed on the Framebuilder's list a couple years ago. Fred
>hasn't participated on that list in quite a while and I've lost
>touch with him, so I don't know if this product ever made it to
>market. I think the idea was to get build titanium frames in a
>classic style (lugs, not TIG welded).?
>?
>Does anyone have any recent information on Fred PArr or his product line??
?
I was under the impression that some of Fred Parr's posts were intended as April Fool's jokes, rather than based on actual facts. Certainly his reminiscences of what his father told him about working with Rene Herse in Paris fell into that category. They did not match what my other sources have said about Herse.? ?
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