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Old 12-29-18, 02:43 PM
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milling down a fork crown 27 to 26.4

i have acquired a really nice frameset only to find that it appears someone tried to file down the the fork crown to 26.4 from 27.0 by hand using a dremel. There are small nicks on the fork tube that i can see so i imagine that is what happened. THen i imagine that person just gave up and sold off the frameset. Its a 1 inch threaded steel fork to be clear.

If i measure around the crown race seat it is 27mm in spots and slightly smaller.......26.5 etc in others so it isnt 100% round anymore. I know the tool for facing is a cutting tool that fits the fork tube nice and snug so having a shop grind it out to 26.4 is probably the way to go?

I have to imagine a shop that has the tool could do this job properly and take the whole thing down to 26.4 in about 5 minutes and do it properly vs me continuing to finish whatever the previous person started here.?
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