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Starter tubing/lugs/braze-ons kit?

I'm giving serious consideration to building up my own frame. Is there a recommended source for an inexpensive tubing, lugs, dropouts, braze-ons, fork crown, etc. kit? I'd just be looking for some basic double-butted cro-mo, Tange or TrueTemper would be fine. Is CeeWay's kit the best bet?

Next, an oxy-acetylene torch kit. What's a good starter set to look for, and (generally) where should I go for gas? Or should I just look at something like this http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/we...2GKA50-TC.html ?

Thanks,

Pete
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