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31st Dec 2017, 09:34 AM
Thread: Efficient tube bender?
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....and maybe modify it if you feel game, to use...
....and maybe modify it if you feel game, to use the commercially available dies. One can learn a bit from the detail in Rorty’s plans - simple but show pragmatism from experience. He was...
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31st Dec 2017, 12:39 AM
Thread: Efficient tube bender?
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If you need to put together the whole bender, you...
If you need to put together the whole bender, you could do much worse than the plans from Rorty.net
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16th Jul 2017, 09:36 AM
Thread: How thin steel can I weld with mig
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If you chase up some 0.6mm wire, welding down to...
If you chase up some 0.6mm wire, welding down to 1.2mm metal with MIG isn't too scary. I'm another less talented welder as I use it so seldom that I need to practice for a couple of hours before a...
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8th Aug 2016, 10:48 PM
Thread: Solder and iron for galvanized gutters
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Pete, I see you understand the heritage bit! ...
Pete, I see you understand the heritage bit! They will let me use the cast angle clamps for gutters, so the interesting stuff is in odd steps in gutters and in downpipes.
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7th Aug 2016, 11:18 AM
Thread: Solder and iron for galvanized gutters
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Galvanized is what is specified in the heritage...
Galvanized is what is specified in the heritage planning overlay that applies to just our block. It's currently unpainted and so I'll not bother asking to change that - I have already got free...
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5th Aug 2016, 07:58 PM
Thread: Solder and iron for galvanized gutters
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Thanks all for the comments. I think I'll have a...
Thanks all for the comments. I think I'll have a bash at soldering with gas - later. I have found the sticks cheapest at bobthewelder online. Time will be the thing that constrains me most. I...
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4th Aug 2016, 11:20 AM
Thread: Solder and iron for galvanized gutters
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Solder and iron for galvanized gutters
I've got a house that's on the Victorian heritage register, where one of the constraints on me is that I have to have galvanized roofing and guttering.
What is the best soldering iron to use for...