[email protected] (Qui si parla Campagnolo) wrote in message
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> Ya know, I really don't understand this. How often do you need to press in cups at home? The time
> and money to build one is certainly higher than the trip to the bike shop where, when shown two
> cups and a frameset, will press them in for $5-$10???
whoa nelly, dont get me started.. too late.
first off, at this stage in my life i have more time than money. second off, the machine shop i was
working in was giving me material for free. third off, (third off?), it didnt take me that long. i
measured a park tool when i went to a lbs (time estimated: 1 minute), and did some very simple lathe
turning, (time estimated: 40 minutes for all the bits and pieces, and i made an extra set of stepped
rings for myself, and a set for a friend.)
even if i hadnt been getting material for free, this tool would have cost me an hour, and 12
dollars. and works, IMO, better than the park tool, at the slight cost of an additional 30 seconds
per headset press becuase you have to thread the lower handle on, instead of slide it on. from a
rational standpoint, it makes great sense. minimal cash, traded for a lifetime of saved cash going
to the LBS to have them do mine. but the rational standpoint misses the basic motive here, which is
i like making things, and nothign gives more joy than making a tool you use. it is a 'means', not an
'end', and doubly good, for the 'end' is excellent too.
catch you on the flip side,
anthony