Hey, thanks for the great post. Good to hear from someone from the metalurgical side of the fence.
Bottom line for me is that it doesn't really worry me if Reynolds don't have all the details sorted out. The fact that we have resources like yourself and Carpenter themselves means that all these details can be sorted through. If you've only been welding for a couple of years, then most high end applications might be a bit of a stretch anyway, but for those with a broad range of experience and an open mind I don't see any of this to be a huge problem. Gotta remember that there's only been 3 frames made from the stuff as of yet, so it's early days.
Do you think Reynolds choice of filler has something to do with the fact that they're selling the raw tubes in a normalised state as well as artificially aged? (excuse me if I've used the wrong terms, I'm not a metalurgist). Any frames I do I'm planing on artificially aging the entire frame post weld for a more homogenous outcome.
What do you think?