Angel,
Very nice videos! OK, I've attempted to translate some of the remarks of mr. van der Kaay.
First video:
- I clean the inside of the fork crown so the silver will flow better - I make a small hole in the lug (or crown maybe?) air pressure to escape when I braze the lug; otherwise the silver may get pushed out. I can close the hole again when i'm done - cleaning (excess material on lugs) makes working easier - I call this grit blasting (the word sand blasting is forbidden) - its beginning to look like a bicycle now - it seems to be very exclusive what we are doing here! - with the right angles of the tubes in the lugs we can prevent stresses and cracking of tubes
Remember mr. van der Kaay is in his 70s now. His workshop seems pretty cluttered, and sometimes he doesnt remember where he has put a tool or part ...
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
2009/9/18 Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com>
> Well done videos of a KOF frame being built at RIH:
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> Part I: http://www.youtube.com/
> Part II: http://www.youtube.com/
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> Would love to know what he occasionally says....
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> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
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