On Oct 7, 12:12 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:10 PM, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Regarding Nitto, I think it would be prohibitively costly for an
> > American company to acquire the tooling necessary for forging stems,
> > etc... Well, maybe prohibitive is not the right word-- what I mean
> > is unattractive from a business standpoint.
>
> > On the other hand, there ARE great companies right here in the U.S.
> > who machine fine aluminum products, for example Super Rat Machine
> > works:
>
> >http://www.superratmachine.com/
>
> > Super Rat Machine Works was started by Phil Wasson, an insanely
> > talented BMX rider once associated with the (also Made-in-USA) frame
> > company called FBM. SRM makes very good parts.
>
> I'm confused - in the earlier riv readers I thought I had read that
> riv had paid for the tooling for some of the specific parts they
> wanted. Why can't those be transferred to another manufacturer? Or
> maybe I'm misremembering.
>
> -sv
First, if we're talking about stems machining is a poor way to go
about it. Forging provides the best grain alignment.
And tooling is typically machine dependent and it's unlikely that 2
companies would have the same machinery.
Phil Brown
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