Originally Posted by
trescojones
pacenti p2 lugs, (next to the nuovo richie), and lewellyn are designed for this and as mentioned by A Stewart. these guys are very helpful and courteous
http://www.framebuilding.com/NEWPARTSPAGES/lugs.htm . Older style,cheaper pressed lugs tend to be a lot thicker and longer leaving some room for innovation although they can be made of softer steel so you cant fool with it quite as much
Agree with Ceeway being very easy to order from. Got my order this week after only 4 days! And that's across the Atlantic pond.
I do disagree with the comment about pressed (soft) lugs being hard to work with. They are more bendable and cut/file quicker. Granted they often mean that you're using brass (due to the gaps and fit being greater) but when you need to push the angles a lot their malleability is a godsend, and you'd be using brass with cast lugs stretched a lot anyways.
My first 25% of frames had pressed lugs. When I went to cast lugs some things got easier to do, some got harder and the time I spent didn't change much. Andy.