Life’s been busy so haven’t had much time to build of late, but found some time today to chip away at some little jobs.
The scrappy hasn’t had much copper lately, but managed to pickup some 1/2” pipe pieces that I have cut the raggedy ends off and put them in some vinegar.
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While I was there, I spotted a big hunk of I beam waiting to go into the crusher, so taking a leaf out of Woodducks workshop kit, I stole his idea for an anvil & bought home a $2 chunk of steel. Hit it with the wire brush on the grinder and it’s come up Stirling.
I did my civic duty and picked uped from the middle of the road a trolley with the intention of returning it to the local supermarket, only to realise, mmm stainless steel legs and weather resistant wheels. The cogs started turning and I thought, well, there’s half of the legs & wheels for the boiler. Just need to wait for another trolley to loose it’s way to my garage.
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Started cleaning the outside & inside of the 1/2” pieces. I think I really like the look of the brushed effect on the copper. These are only the cooling tubes for the PC, but I’m thinking I might do the whole still like this then lacquer it. After 3 days sitting in vinegar I thought the inside of the pipes would clean up better than they have. They appear to be coated in good ol Aussie outback dust. I thought making a sandpaper holder with some dowel on the end of the drill would do the trick, but it’s only 400grit, not nearly coarse enough. Off the o the big green shed in the morning for some coarser paper. What do you guys use to clean small pipes up on the inside?
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As the scrappy hasn’t had any 1/4” I bit the bull it and went to Fleece. I asked what they carry in 1/4” annealed copper and he said the smallest length in store was 30m for $150. I said sorry I’ll give that a miss. His counterpart said they may have some per meter stuff left but it wasn’t showing on the system. He went to he a look and came back with a handful and said I could have it for $10. It looked like it would be enough but more importantly in my price range. Get it home and do a rough calculation and there’s about 6 meters so I might be just enough, but definitely enough to start making some easy flanges.
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