The next couple of pics are not the best in quality (quickly taken on my phone to show to anyone who could help us at Home Depot or online), but I wanted to show you the tight space where we were cutting copper tubing. The funny thing about this project is that it’s supposed to ...
Expert advice on how to work with copper plumbing pipe, including illustrated DIY instructions for cutting, joining, and soldering copper pipes
When you are collecting aluminum or copper radiators, it's important to know how to scrap them correctly. Otherwise you will lose money at your scrap yard.
Suggested Reading:#2 Copper Tubing How Can You Clean #2 Copper? Ensuring the cleanliness of #2 copper is the”#1″ thing you can do to enhance its value. Depending on the scrap item you have found and what the contaminant is will determine how you clean it, but here are some general ...
Cut the copper pipe to the desired length with a tubing cutter. Place the pipe into cutter, tighten the clamp and rotate the cutter around the pipe. Tighten the clamp and rotate the cutter again, continuing in this manner until the pipe is cut through. The cut can also be made using a...
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Step 2: Cut the Copper Pipe Mark the length of the piece of copper tube you will need.Using the tube cutter, begin cutting the lengths of copper pipe that you will need for your design. You can use a hack saw to cut pipe, but it will take a long time. Instead use the tube ...
Using a tube cutter, which you can usually find in the same aisle as the copper tubing, cut the copper at the points that you marked so you have nine pieces — eight that are 1-inch and one that is 3 inches. If you've never used a tube cutter, it's fairly easy to maneuver. Pl...
Cut along the two lines using the vertical band saw. Be sure to cut as close to the wall of the tubing as possible. Cut a wedge shape out of the tubing on each side, but cutting from the two spots to the end of each cut line. ...
But if you really don't want one, you can just cut or cast your lead cores as accurately as possible and skip the core swaging step. In that case, you would want a CS-1 and PF-1 (two dies). Since so few people want to give up the precise weight control possible with the CSW-...