Re: [CR] Removing braze-ons.

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:33:11 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Norris Lockley <nlockley73@googlemail.com>
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
In-Reply-To: <29cfc1e00910151831g27106347h992b8888cab53067@mail.gmail.com>
References: <29cfc1e00910151831g27106347h992b8888cab53067@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Removing braze-ons.


At 10/16/2009 02:31 AM +0100, Norris Lockley wrote:
>I would not go within five yards of a good bike frame with a grinder...Think
>craftmanship !!

Not with most grinders, but with practice a #409 abrasive disk in a Dremel is the closest thing there is to a scalpel for steel. And of course you don't get too near the tube, just use it to reduce the amount of filing needed.

Mark Stonich;
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