You wrote. > wouldn't cutting it with a soalderiron damage the tip?
It leaves a deposit of burned plastic on the iron but if you clean it right away while the iron is still hot there is no damage. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "carlhickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:56 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Working with Copper Pipe > wudan't cutting it with a soalderiron damage the tip? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:52 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Working with Copper Pipe > > > Max, that may be so but there is a bit of Tim the tool man in me! > > The ropes I made for guiding lawn mowing operations are approaching an > inch > thick, I don't think I would live long enough to cut through them with a > soldering gun. I cut them with a hack saw then torched the ends, well > most > of the ends anyway.I tried to braid the bundles back into the ends to > form a > loop, very clever but I didn't do a very clever job of it. Still, they > work. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:09 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Working with Copper Pipe > > > The best tool for cutting synthetic rope is a hot soldering iron. If > you > > don't force it and let it melt through at its own speed it will fuse > the > > strands together and make a nice clean cut. > > > > Regards. > > > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Working with Copper Pipe > > > > > >>I have been soldering copper pipe since my first installation in 1975 > when > >>I > >> set up hot and cold water for a washing machine. Fire, when working > near > >> joists and often other confined areas is a concern and care must be > taken > >> and it is possible to burn oneself but I have never burned myself > badly. > >> The > >> worst burn I have had I got from burning synthetic rope to fuse the > ends, > >> that stuff is horrible! > >> > >> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Skype DaleLeavens > >> Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:17 AM > >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Working with Copper Pipe > >> > >> > >>> This is great info, but has anyone who is totally blind found a way > >>> to solder pipe? 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