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Old 12-21-09, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Pins. You assemble the tubes and lugs, align it, then drill holes through the lugs and tubes and tap a pin/nail through to hold it together. Braze it up, nip off the excess pin/nail and file smooth. N.B. if you ever have to replace a tube on a pinned frame, you will need to drill out the pins to remove the tube.
Interesting. Of course, my intention is to learn fillet brazing.
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