I don't regularly schedule my painting classes like I do my framebuilding classes. It is on a "when do our schedules coincide" basis. Most of those that I've taught to paint were experienced framebuilders already although that wouldn't be a prerequisite.

I categorize painting as a bit more difficult than filing which is again a bit harder than brazing. Although the advantage of filing is that it can be done slowly so bad things don’t happen quickly giving time for recovery. In all of these skills you develop a feel for how to do it.

Right now there is a huge demand to learn how to build frames. I get on average 10 to 15 serious inquiries a month. Besides the 3 day class, I also teach a one week class making a transportation style of frame. All the principals of putting a frame together are included but we don’t cover individual bicycle fit and custom frame design. For the really serious I teach a 3 week class in which we paint their frame as well.