Marty- Welcome to the building community. Your fab skills will help the learning curve be fast. You mention needing a torch. Ox-Act? While some build all with a TIG unit most find having brazing skills are VERY helpful. So this is where you might start. Many will suggest a light weight "aircraft" style torch handle with tips having orifices of .025" through .060". Henry James Bicycles | Please pardon our mess…site is under construction is a great source for brazing supplies as well as frame parts, there are others but Hank will help guide you through the start up. As mentioned there's a lot of on line info for the looking. Videos of brazing, photo slide shows of the building process, blogs with verbal descriptions and at least three forums for the call and response. Bike Forums and http://groups.google.com/group/framebuilders?hl=en And check out Bike Cad for design help www.bikecad.ca | Bicycle Design Software . One can build frames with a minimal of tooling, a fact that's lost on many newbies. Some of us old guys can help you out here better that others with this less tooled building. Andy.