Remote purchase of frame

acotrel said:

He used to use a press and crow bar. Pretty horrible to watch, but effective.

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danfr said:

Holy smokes guys haha, I never got a notification that anyone replied. I thought I'd check only to find 4 pages of levelling commentary.

Ya, I purchased the frame. The seller dropped it off at a family members who handed it over yesterday. I haven't given it a thorough look over, but obviously the down tubes are pinched. So I have a couple options. 1) I have a solid machinist in town that I trust to rectify the pinches 2) take the frame over to Redline Norton who has a frame jig.

I'll likely take it to Redline. The travel time and costs are high, so will need to wait until I'm travelling in their direction.

Cheers
Dan

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concours said:

We've moved on now.
What we really need to know now is, does the frame have a TITLE? If not, then WHY NOT?





In all seriousness though, with respect, a machinist is the wrong craft to work the crushed down tubes. A very talented fabricator is the person who can repair that.
Cheers

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danfr said:

I would consider him a fabricator as well. He builds up some nice custom bikes. But I’m leaning towards taking it to Redline.

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baz said:

You can pull dents like that out
Make a die from a split tube with the correct ID to fit over the down tube
Drill a large enough hole to clear the dent
Tack weld a stud in the centre of dent
Then using a bridge you can pull it out, heating if required

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danfr said:

I'm having a little trouble following. Where am I drilling the hole?

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danfr said:

I'm having a little trouble following. Where am I drilling the hole?

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