On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 11:46:05 AM UTC-6, Kainalu V. wrote: > > > Is that in fact the case? Covering tig welds with a brass fillet? I > assumed it would be more like a tigged front triangle with brass in the > back. I know that some builders use electric welding of one type or another > to tack tubes together before coming in with a torch an filleting it up, > but that process is bemoaned by frame repair folks who'd rather deal with > one type of mess to clean up at a time when dealing with a repair. Not that > you'd ever need to, but maybe... > Not that it matters, 62 is a bit small for the likes of me > -Kai > BK NY > > I'm of course only guessing. I just assumed it would be the same method and same builder as did the Frank Jones Sr. frames. Here's <https://store.bluelug.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/catalog-large/800x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/i/1img_7282.jpg> a picture of that:
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LxqxAv8gRgs/WrVWffEtPSI/AAAAAAAAMAI/Aqtga4ixpiEHcn-m89PgmNzGwtn2ch6EACLcBGAs/s1600/1img_7282.jpg> On the other hand... here's my Ritchey softail. Story goes that Tom's employees welded up the front triangle, and then he fillet brazed the rear triangle. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j-Byb427LPM/WrVY7cXLWOI/AAAAAAAAMAc/HMJ_8r5_42UC6HBMEMxDgP0Y8sACs03XwCLcBGAs/s1600/stbb.jpg> Finally, for kicks, I showed this when we were speculating about the Frank Jones, but this is my All-Rounder: Lugged seat tube and downtube, but fillet chainstays, knid of liek you're describing: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-99iQpnIaYHs/WrVX89cVc-I/AAAAAAAAMAU/2s7i2LR-YBomLc9l6cSWIp9TpouUaU5iACLcBGAs/s1600/AR%2BFillet%2BStays.jpg> So I suppose it *could* be both joint types visible in the case of the Atlantis, but it seems unlikely to me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
