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12-10-12, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by greaper007

That's exactly what I wanted to do, I was just wondering if there was a good resource to learn some of the skills involved. Flame control, working with the flux etc. I've searched for videos on youtube and it seems to be pretty thin.

unterhausen advice is spot on (as usual). Get some pieces of cheaper tubes and get your skills building there just as he describes. The DVDs by Paterak are excellent and are far better than an uTube posting. See the Sticky: Framebuilding Suppliers for sourcing for tubes. For practice purposes, just shop for price for non-butted stock --- the size doesn't matter that much. From 25mm to 400mm will do the trick, although a mix would be instructive also.

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