Reynolds 853 - TiG? fillet brazed?
09-25-06, 03:28 PM
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Reynolds 853 - TiG? fillet brazed?
Is 853 tubing tig welded or what? Is there much weight diff between the two? I have an aversion to big ugly welds.
09-25-06, 06:05 PM
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Reynolds 853 is air-hardened, and may be TIG welded or brazed, using lugged or lugless construction. I don't know anyone that likes "ugly" welds, but filleted brazed tubing joins are beautiful to me; the joins look as though the frame is scupted from a single piece of tubing. The weight difference between similar frames (size and tubing material) made using brazed lug construction, TIG welded construction and fillet brazed construction is so negligible that only a compulsive weight weenie would worry about it.
Just MHO (..and I love nice lugged frames, too).
Just MHO (..and I love nice lugged frames, too).
09-25-06, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SoonerLater
"tig welded" versus "or what"
Yeah... the or what welds are really ugly. Stay away from them.
Yeah... the or what welds are really ugly. Stay away from them.
09-25-06, 07:33 PM
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TIG welds ain't ugly! (Columbus Foco stays, prior to painting).
09-25-06, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
TIG welds ain't ugly! (Columbus Foco stays, prior to painting).
