Re: [Frame] Digest for framebuilders@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

[Rich Powers]

If you are doing this for your own use, I’ll share my 2 cents. 

I no longer use the S&S nut when retro-fitting a frame. I set my fixture up with the un-cut frame and then use it to hold alignment when installing. The precision of the couplers are such that you know when they are perfectly aligned. I find it easier to the tack of them in due to less of a heat sink with no nut. I then finish the work outside of the fixture, if that makes sense. I also do not use the little SS discs that seal the tube. I like to keep it all open and accessible. The alignment is perfect due to the jig/fixture being set with the original frame. I have been doing it that way for over 15 years, (over 20 years as an S& S builder) as the nut makes  it more cumbersome IMHO.

-Rich

In freezing cold central Iowa…..

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM <frameb...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

S & S Couplers Temporary Brazing Nut 

FCarcao <fca...@gmail.com>: Jan 15 06:47PM -0500 I don't have builders liability insurance. The couplers are recycled, I'm using them on an electric tandem bike for my wife and I (we have life insurance).   I would like to avoid brazing using the actual couplers. I will probably turn my own set of temporary nuts on my lathe.   On Jan 14, 2026, at 4:04 PM, Alex Meade <alexd...@gmail.com> wrote:   Hi Fernando,   The brazing nuts are available from S&S. However, they will not sell to you unless you provide them with some information about your business, including evidence of liability insurance coverage.   Alex   www.alexmeadetools.com   On Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 9:04:28 AM UTC-5 FCarcao wrote:   Hi everyone. I am looking for the nuts that are used to temporarily connect S & S couplers while brazing/soldering. I recycled a set of couplers out of an old frame. Looking for the nuts that fit 1/8” and 1 1/4” S &S couplers.   If you have a set and don't need them anymore, please let me know!   Fernando

[FCarcao]

Awesomeness!  It never occurred to me that it can be done without the nut.  I will set it up in the jig and give it a go.  Thanks!

Fernando

On Jan 29, 2026, at 9:33 AM, Rich Powers <richd...@gmail.com> wrote:



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