Wow.
http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/tls/2006397891.html

I wish I had the room and the money!
So its still possible to build (start-finish) a bike by hand. I would rather work with hand tools anyways, I'm betting thats the harder way? Thanks for your help Peterpan1! How long have you been building frames? Any photos? I didnt realize that it takes so long to perfect the brazing and wielding skills. I guess I was thinking that it was just a matter of cutting the tubes, mitering the ends and making them fit together with lugs. Anyways when your talking about someone riding a bike downhill at 30 mph there is a lot of forces at play, not to mention a life is in your hands if things go wrong!