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I am extremely happy to have found this thread. Subbed.
In October I'm also off to do the frame and fork building course at Downland Cycles. I'll be making a fairly simple lugged road bike, as it's my first experience of frame building.
I have done a bit of silver soldering in the past, but much smaller scale stuff than bikes, so this is a new experience for me. I spoke to Ricky Feather at the Vulpine Fete this summer and he said "It's just technical plumbing, really." I think it's a bit more intimidating that for a novice! He's also a very nice man, I must say.
If anyone would like to borrow a copy of Chimonas' book I have it, and I also have a pdf of Richard Talbot's build guide, which is long out of print.
My dream is to get a group of people together to share a facility to practice and learn frame building. Perhaps that's not as unrealistic as I first thought...
The URL for the flickr set was a bit broken, try this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46678502@N03/sets/72157631252786666/