Norris Lockley wrote:
> A perfectly round eyelet when brazed into place will only have point contac
> t with the edge of the drop-out, so it is better, I think to bite the
> bullet at the outset and file small flats on both the eyelet and the edge o
> f the drop-out, thereby creating line contact. Small chamfers on the edge
> s of the flats also increase the joint area, giving a larger brazed area.
When brazing additional eyelets onto dropouts I'd always use a round file to make a recess in the dropout to hold the eyelet. A little spot of brass holds it forever.
Of course, I was working on new, unchromed dropouts:
http://os2.dhs/
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA