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TiredLawyer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:02 am

Sandtrap wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 7:47 am
“Sweating” copper pipes (bigger pipes are tougher and want hotter fuel (napp fuel (yellow tank), solder sorts are particular, not any kind.
I used to be taught how to do that on the development job websites by plumbing contractors. Like welding, it’s a lifetime ability. Does not price very a lot both.
And, ultimately, it’s an artwork the place the joints appear to be a professional. It’s a very particular excessive ability that takes time to get excellent and never leak the lst time.

Purchase some copper pipe (costly now), some fittings (union, elbows, t’s, and so forth), a small yellow tank of nap fuel, torch with a versatile hose, tinted goggles, and leather-based gloves (not artificial as lead drips will burn by means of it), additionally a pipe cutter cheap rotary is okay (do not noticed copper pipe), and a deburring software. Additionally, a small tin of flux paste and a child brush for it. Roll of plumber’s sandpaper (use this one, not any sandpaper).

“Make every “weld” a factor of magnificence and a pleasure to behold”, I used to be instructed.

Know that if you are able to do this, you will not want the opposite instruments more often than not.
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Thanks! I attempted sweating copper as a youngster with my dad (each our first instances) to put in a water heater and neither of us may get the solder to stream. I feel we could have simply purchased the blue bottle fuel and maybe the improper solder kind. It undoubtedly confirmed me that it was not as straightforward as some people say it’s. Do I additionally want to purchase a desk clamp to carry the pipe to observe?

Simply go to House Depot or Lowes, and so forth, and purchase a few generic concrete CMU blocks, hole tile, 8x8x16, and a few cheap concrete bricks, nothing fancy.
Outside.
Set the concrete tile blocks down on the bottom, not over flammable grass!, after which use the smaller bricks to maintain it from rolling. Maintain it easy.
Have a small bucket of water and an previous washcloth or fabric rag like that that’s damp however not soaking and dripping. All the pieces will get scorching so controlling the warmth and never getting burned is vital. Use a pair bricks or one other tile or 2 on the aspect to set down your torch head after utilizing so you aren’t getting burned or burn issues.
You will need to be comfy. Sitting on a brief or regular folding camp chair is sweet. Put on boots not sneakers. You may get a lead splatter in your sneakers and it’ll burn proper right down to your socks, one drip get’s attention-grabbing, lot’s of dancing.
You wrap or drape the moist rag on the pipe or becoming the place you need the warmth to “cease”. Watch the colours of the copper change as it’s heated and cools. Finally, you may get into copper sculpture (foolish).
Solder might be cleaned or smoothed when it’s nonetheless gooey however not too drippy with the damp rag as properly. That is how plumbers make clear joints as properly if wanted. However, do not get burned.
Warmth and solder with the copper pipe slid out from the brick/tile a couple of foot or much less or much less however not on the tile so that there’s even heating and entry.
Apply horizontally at lst, Then minimize quick stubs about 6 inches and observe vertical up and the wrong way up.
To lst observe, minimize the lengthy copper pipe right into a bunch of 12 inch or 10 inch lengths so you retain prices down. That is all you must observe. You need to use each ends, then minimize it in half and there is one other finish to observe. Like “legos”.
Warmth the pipe, not the solder. Once you contact the solder wire finish to the pipe, it ought to soften and bleed into the joint. It goes the place the warmth is and is capillary into the joint. Unusual but it surely seems to be just like the joint sucks it up. If too cool, it will not stream into the joint and observe the warmth. If too scorching, it’s going to simply run out and drip like water onto your shoe.

Have enjoyable. It may be addictive.
“The place’s dad?”
“Outdoors soldering pipes”.

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