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rarman1:

--- Quote from: jimwise68 on March 15, 2007, 03:27 PM ---Rich, sell it and get a Tuff Burner.

It's ICONIC and TUFF  ;) ;D

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 :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:

Waxintaxin:
biscuits of monkeys

what did he do just re weld and grind it down?

brass monkey!:

--- Quote from: Waxintaxin on March 15, 2007, 04:05 PM ---biscuits of monkeys

what did he do just re weld and grind it down?


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mine had a hairline crack from the centre of the seat tube, right round to the front of the it, where it meets the toptube....

as far as I am aware, yes, the welder did grind a 'groove' in the area where the crack was to give it something to 'bite' on to and also took off some of the original 'weld' at the base of the seatpost, where it was attached to the toptube, then pushed the weld right into the 'crack' and the small 'groove' then smoothed it down to the level of the original seat tube.  The weld he did to replace the orignal one was just a straight smooth one, so I got my mate Kev (Hotplate on RAD) to make it look like the original weld with the 'drip' effect. He's an antique restorer, not sure how he did it, but I only paid the welders fee of a tenner !!

Sorry for waffling, but it was hard to explain in fewer words..... ;)

I think Dan Harris had one done by another welder, not sure how though,.......

MartyC:
Rich, post up a couple of pics of it or PM them to me and I'll get my mate to take a look at it  :daumenhoch:

harris:
i have 3 hear that have seat post cracks   ,not doing them yet to much on the go.

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