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Old 07-18-24 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
Perhaps you can explain why almost all current custom frame builders are self taught?
Agree with most of your points from your full post, but not quite sure I can buy this one. Perhaps name several? Sachs, Weigle and Serrota famously apprenticed at Whitcomb. The family tree from Wastyn - Eisentraut - many is well known. Then there are the ones that took a class, like the UBI course I took 8 years ago.

But, yeah, if a jamoke like me can take a 2 week course and build a useable frame, the barriers to entry are pretty low.
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