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Oui, mais, tubing on a 50 years old bike may not be suitable for the high temperatures of TIG welding, which is why I said *Oulala *when I saw the picture of the welding action...
Unless the frame was made of thick gas pipe, in which case it should be fine, but it's more likely it was a good tube set used here...
Didn't Reynolds bring specidic tubbing for TIG welding? And this was not 50 years ago, more 20 years ago...,
I don't mean that in the sense it's a blasphemy to TIG weld tubes that were meant to be brazed, but more with regards to safety. Old frames are more fragile. Having had one that snapped under me while riding (luckely without bad consequences), I am worried about these things...
Ribblekid, keep an close eye on your frame from time to time, check if there is no hairline cracks on the paint, whatever you will use ultimately, listen for unusual creakings noises...
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