'bout the hacksaw...i was never thinking of going in that direction. without a real miter, it's butchery at best, ime. i was thinking more in terms of an attachment i might be able to use on my drill press, but if a simple flat file would do the trick then that seems the easiest to control though it will take elbow grease. i can do that

now, why would you not suggest doing it? there's no incentive in messing up the frame, and if the proposed steer tube isn't going to work, i can live with that. i'll just keep looking. there again, i simply have to find my calipers to see if this short stack headset will do the trick. i've just misplaced them. in the meantime, i figured it would't hurt to ask about trimming the headtube to satisfy my overly active imagination