Tim Sanner (Palo Alto, CA) has been offering a one week (five days) or two weekend (four days, but more hours/day) basic framebuilding class for brazed lug construction. The class is $800, is limited to two students, and you wind up with a lugged frame you've built yourself. I'm signed up for the January 4-8 class.

I've got the Paterek Manual and the Paterek lugged DVDs, but no experience brazing lugs. I thought having someone like Tim teach me the finer points of handling a torch would be worthwhile and save me time and frustration over doing it by myself through trial and error.

HERE's a blog by one of Tim's recent students describing his experience.