I might need to look you up for the non bike / non firearm related things.

Cheery semi-overweight man in search of other bicycle enthusiasts for NSA wrenching. Classic bikes are a plus but not required. Also enjoy working on cars, guns, and beer in no certain order. PM with nudes if interested. Located in Central, IL about 1.5 hours south of Chicago

I and She Who Is My Partner And Lover (SWIMPAL) are planning to move to Pertland Ergon in 6-7 months. If it can't wait, PM me. Payment in beer, bike forks, or goodwill only; no other currency accepted, though if you're smart, you won't pay me in beer until after the job's over.

We might still be there in 6-7 months depending on how quickly or slowly my wife's visa application takes... would be nice to hook up with our respective SWIMPALS.

Anything you need in southern VT.

So you're taking her back to Canada with you? I was a little confused.

Anyways, back to the thread, I'm in Cedar Rapids, IA. I still have much to learn, but I'm always willing to lend a hand.

I do, too, but I think the warrant is still active. Computers won't let bygones be bygones anymore.

This is a great thread. I'm a little off the beaten path but, I'm always willing to help someone who might need a small part made on a metal lathe. I'll add the caveat though, that I'm a completely amateur hacker on the thing. I can do simple stuff.

Another offer of non-professional but usually successful help from the east side of the Twin Cities. Worst case, we ride some of my bikes while contemplating your problem, then drink beer and contemplate further...

I think the only thing you left off your list was "virgins converted."

OK, I'll play.

Denver, CO here. Fully conversant with both C & V and MTB's. Trained by a former Chicago Schwinn Factory Master Mechanic & Instructor. Spent 16 years working for several shops in the Denver area ('84-'00).

If you're looking for a white lab coat, reflector wearing 'technician' working out of a sterile, cleanroom environment... that's not me. But, if you want no BS answers and solutions... then c'mon down!

All forms of payment accepted, including barleypops & spirits; home baked goods are especially welcomed. No farm barter though, unless you're holding Hatch Green Chiles!

NE Wisconsin. Full Campy tool kit. English/Italian/French/Swiss BB taps. English/French steer tube dies. &etc. Local shops have been known to borrow tools from me, rather than vice-versa.

I'm in for the Kansas City area. Happy to help out - I can usually muddle my way through a repair or adjustment.

At LBS, only 1 in town, on Saturdays.. 97103

I am in for this, NW Florida location, Pensacola, with most tools, but no reams, or alignment things. I can have a master welder (brazing a specialty)/ master machinist here with enough notice. One bike stand and lots of patience, no moneys accepted. I don't drink or cannot drink any alcohol (due to Stage 3B CRF) at all but a cold Coke or a glass of sweet iced tea will get me freed up. I am big, easy and cheap, I can't be bought but I can be had.

Bill

I love to help, and I love to teach. I have just about every bike shop tool you'll need. I'm in Maplewood, NJ, High Falls, NY, and New York, NY. I can build wheels but not frames. I think I might learn to braze and weld some day.

65er, are you certified or certifiable?

rootboy, you didn't say where you are (though I happen to know).

Anyone in the Seattle area that can assist in installing three new bathroom basins and faucets?

DD

Wish I was closer DD. I'm an expert hacker at bathroom remodels. Which reminds me. Where's that honey-do list? Seem to have misplaced it.


Oh, and, Noglider. I'm in an undisclosed bunker, on Cape Cod.

Columbus OH, Good collection of tools and I know what most of them are used for

Aw, thanks - it was rather tongue-in-cheek, of course. My honey-do list (made out by my realtor since I molted last November) is almost complete with the exception of this last effort. Should be done by close of the weekend.

DD

Yeah. One of my least favorite things: plumbing. Especially working under a vanity plumbing in faucets, etc. Good luck. I've got to teach myself better copper soldering skills here soon.

Both.

Went through UBI this fall and got the paper to go with what I already knew and have been certifiable for a much longer time.

I am in the process of tooling up a second frame shop here... travelling 60 miles a day to work in the country is great because I get to work with the master but I will be taking over a lot of the smaller jobs as well as custom rack building and will be able to do them in my shop which is a 32 step commute and will of course be able to build frames.

Should be able to fire up the new torch tonight and have a lot of fixture building to do.

At some point I will inherit the main shop and there is stuff I can do there that most frame builders can't or are not equipped to do (unless you are Frank)... having a lathe and a powder coater means we can build a lot of things one would otherwise have to buy and we can finish our own work instead of sending it out.

The other day we needed a 3/8 by 4 inch roller for the big tube bender that normally gets used for heavier work and it only took a few minutes to chuck up some Al stock in the lathe and turn it out... there is not much one cannot do in such a well equipped shop.

My shop is pretty complete for pretty much every type of mechanical repair and there is not a shop in the city besides mine that can offer frame service.

One day I would love to go and visit Frank... he has a shop to die for.

Same here... in the Aurora/Naperville area. Don't have the stash of frames/parts/project bikes though, and only 1 workstand

If I am ever in the vicinity I will have to stop by... I don't know of anyone who has the skills and knowledge you do.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ource-registry

Never got stickied, though.....