Rob,
I live in Ahwatuhee so only a few miles from you. I am working on
bike #3 at this time. You can come over and check them out if it
will help you.
Have you checked out the kits Dom offers on his web page? I'm not
sure what level of kets he offers.
I have a drill press & could help out.
Not sure about the welding. I had a friend weld mine and I don't
know if he is looking for extra work.
I know of a tube bender in Tempe, he charges $20 per bend. This can
make your seat real expensive. Again check out Dom's kits.
Your biggest expense will be components.
my email address is <bob-laura@...>
Bob

--- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Beckstrand"
<rbeckstrand@q...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all.
>
> My wife and I have been considering switching to a recumbent and
> have been researching our options for a while now. Since we can't
> afford to spend the large amounts of money to purchase a new,
> manufactured 'bent, we are considering trying to build our own. In
> our research, we came across the web page for Bentech and are
> excited about the possibilities presented by Bentech and are
> considering building from their plans and supplies. Our main
concern
> is that we don't know how to weld and don't have access to a drill
> press and it seems that those are necessary to build a Bentech
bike.
> If anyone has any advice on what we can do that will make this
> process not only easier but enjoyable, we would really appreciate
> it.
>
> By the way, we live in Mesa, Az, so if anyone from the Phoenix area
> can help us out, that would be great too.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Rob