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11-11-12 | 03:13 PM

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bigbossman

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Originally Posted by Lenton58

Thanks — great idea. I am one of those who has been saying, 'Yeah ... well how many times am I going to do this, anyway?' Well .. the answer, as it has turned out — more than I thought! .................

The last time I installed a head-set as DIY was years ago using drifts and mandrels. Took me about two hours and I sweated blood the whole time!

Exactly what I used to say, and I "got by" with a DIY press for a while. One day I built up my Palo Alto, and the DIY press put the top cup in cockeyed - almost split the head tube on a frame I cared very deeply for. Bought the tool the next day (at the time is was only $50 + shipping), and have used it several times since.

Cheap insurance, when you're working on a frame that has value to you.

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