4130 can't be OA welded?

Morgans wrote:

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On Dec 28, 2:57 pm, wright1902glider wrote:

the author
seems to think that 4130 cro-mo steel can't be welded with an oxy-
acetylene torch.

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Pure bull****. Indeed, for the stresses encountered in bicycles
(which is what he's talking about) there are any number of BRAZING
compounds that yield joints stronger than than normalized 4130.

O/A does just fine airframes... and for bike frames.


I'm not sure where this all fits in, but most lightweight bicycle frames
have a reinforcing "lug" around the tubes at the joints. Are you talking
bicycles or motorcycles?


Yep.

And the tubes are sometinmes "stretched" to reduce weight,

and the connections are often brazed.

Go figer...


Richard