Amir, Hard to tell from the photo but I am wondering if two of the pieces were welded together first, and filed up to look like one piece, before the parts were brazed together...?
peter weigle
lyme, ct.
>I took an old Philippe "MajorTaylor" stem to the plater's recently
> to remove the old pealing chrome prior to polish & replate.
>
> Under the chrome I was surprised to find that it was made from two rather
> than three pieces:
> I expected three pieces: quill, lug and extension with some fillet
> brazing.
>
> Instead there was only a quill with a "built-in" lug and an extension.
>
> See photo at: http://www.flickr.com/
>
> It looks as if the built-in lug was bulge-formed.
> But bulge forming dies are expensive ... used only when the quantities
> justify the expense.
>
> Could there be another explanation?
>
>
> Amir Avitzur
> R"G, Israel
>
>
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