Quote Originally Posted by daz h View Post
No i dont make frames now. I had to work at raleigh when times were hard. I spent equal times in brazed frame and the mig welding side.
My background is heavy fabrication but at that time there was no work.

Road frames were in decline when i worked there but i brazed together probably maybe 250. Making frames from scratch is an art. I did build a few from basic tubes, mitre gauges, then into the jig then just the right amount of heat when brazing.
Ive also tig welded the odd frame.
As for activators, my stamp number was marked with the letter w. So if the activator has the letter w stamped under the chain stay bridge its mine.
i find that interesting daz. silly but could you not build your own frames as a living? beats posting letters.