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Old 07-08-05 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bostontrevor
There's nothing wrong with TIG. It's fast, cheap, and also allows custom geometry. Ask Thylacine on here or look at fabricators like Matt Chester or Mike Flanigan. They make fine quality machines with welded joints.
Maybe, I was being overly harsh. From what I know, Matt Chester makes Ti frames. With titanium you can only tig-weld. My custom Dean Ti road frame is tig welded.

But, if given the choice between tig-weld, lugs or fillet-brazed for a steel frame, my first two choices would still be the latter two.
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