Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
So just slide the new tube in through the seat lug into the bottom bracket shell, a bit of JB Weld, and voila! a new frame!
Try the expert silver soldering of framebuilder Mike Terraferma.
Originally Posted by
bigbossman
Oh - one more thing:
I was waiting for that
Originally Posted by
divineAndbright
Is that tool air powered?
By a friend's 13-gallon, 4.0HP compressor. The die grinder has a large barrel carbide grinding bit in it - nothing else does the job.
Originally Posted by
divineAndbright
I guess you just attacked from the top grinding the tube away, and for the BB just chop the tube close to the bottom and grind the rest out?
Precisely. This is the standard modus operandi for removing damaged tubes out of any frame that has been built with brass in the joints. Silver soldered frames, I hear, can have the tubes removed with heat, due to the lower melting temperature.
-Kurt