On Jan 16, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Fred Rednor wrote:
> BTW I recall once reading an interesting statement from some True
> Temper representative. (Or was it Reynolds?) Anyway he stated that,
> with ultra thin walled tubing, it was easier to maintain consistent
> wall thickness at the butts if the tubing were seamed. This is
> because the variable wall thickness of the tube is created while the
> metal is still in its pre-rolled, sheet form.
Sadly for True Temper they had quality problems in the past that did
not occur with mandrel drawn tubes-inconsistent walls and straightness
. They are better now but I haven't bought any for about 5 years-lots
of tubes on hand and not much frame building.
Phil Brown
In Berkeley, Calif.