Originally Posted by Bing
In this example you're reducing the framebuilder to a contractor, or even worse a pieceworker. What you get when you pay for a custom framebuilder is not just the skilled hands. With the best ones you get the skilled heads as well. There's a helluva lot of information learned about what works and what doesn't over the course of 20 or 30 years and 3000 frames.
From e-R's interview with Grant Petersen/Rivendell Reader:
yeah these are the cliffs notes. i believe that all occurred
ca. 1978 and i haven't made a custom frame since. it
was a seminal experience - one that every f'builder will
have
sooner or later and, when it happens, will definately
learn what it means to pull rank. here is the entire interview:
http://www.richardsachs.com/articles/rsachsriv.html
e-RICHIE