Remote purchase of frame

MichaelD · Mar 26, 2024

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

Oh that was a bit alarming, I thought you were describing another vasectomy.

danfr · Mar 28, 2024

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

concours · Mar 28, 2024

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

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

danfr · Mar 28, 2024

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

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

concours · Mar 28, 2024

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.

@baz mentioned a clever jig a bit ago.
Listen to him, he knows stuff.

danfr · Mar 29, 2024

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

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

baz · Mar 29, 2024

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

The hole is drilled in the die
The die being the piece of tube that's been split in half that fits snuggly onto the down tube

concours · Mar 29, 2024

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

Show this to your fabricator, he will understand.

CanukNortonNut · Mar 29, 2024

I think the frame is bent but if you have a frame specialist then add that to your cost to straighten your new norton commando frame. Hope you didn't pay too much.