never heard of carbon cement and will be anxious to read comments on same. also tell me about using the J B Weld. is that like a toothpaste consistancy ? a job well done. maybe your neighbor is going to a program? Lee
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:17:28AM -0400, Spiro wrote: > Hi, > I just wanted to give the story of the completion of the clothes line pole > project. > If you remember, a rather "pickled" neighbor downed my clothes line pole. > It seems that sun is faster and cheaper than gas heated appliances and it > was a priority. > Well stability was the issue and I didn't want the next occurance to be > unnoticed at the auto body shop. > So here's what we got at Home Depot. > > What we needed: > 1 ft section 2-3/8 galvanized pipe > 1 2-1/4 ft of same. > 1 40 inch section of 2-1/4 o.D. galvanized pipe > 1 2ft section of 1-3/4 O.D. galvanized nipple > 1 bracket to hold horizontal member > 1 2ft 1 inch O.D. E.C.T. > 1 8ft (true) 1 inch X3 pressure treated board (rounded edges) > 1 unit of carbon added cement > 2 standard quick set cement > 1 can of cement colored, textured outdoor > spray paint > 2 chain link fence bolt through caps > 4 2.5 inch tapscrews > 2 2 inch stainless flair head wood screws > 2 1/4 inch wood threaded screws 3 inch long > > since the guy at HD told me I could buy by the foot, I was surprised when > he said his machine wouldn't cut the stock we chose. > So with hacksaws going, and my using my "passed" father in laws huge pipe > cutter, we got everything down to size > I remed and deburred all the pipes for smooth fit. > > We used a hammer drill with masonry chisel to make a 8X8 inch wide hole > and dug the cement and old pipe out. We dug a 16 inch hole. We banged > the 2ft pipe in to level. > We sunk the 2ft of 2-3/8 into the ground and filled it to the 14 inch or > 10 inch from the top, with cement. > We filled the hole around the pipe with this Carbon Added cement. > carbon supposed to be stronger ? ? > that surrounded that pipe to an inch from level. (I hope this carbon > additive cement isn't snake oil). > We filled the 40 inch 2-1/4 inch pipe with quick cement to the 30 inch > mark. > We put the 2-1/4 ft piece of 2-3/8 I.D around that > 40 inch 2-1/4 pipe and used JB Weld to hold it at the 10 inch mark and up > from there. > While that cured we sprayed the front of 2 3x5 inch pieces of the > treated wood after drilling for the tapscrews. > While that dried, we drilled the 30 inch header board for the close line > hooks. We removed those and sprayed the wood front. > We assembled the clamps that would hold the 1 inchcross piece to the > clothes line pole, drilling through the pole in a vice, through the > front and back hole to make them allign. We set the bolt through and > tightened it for fit. > We set the "caps" onto the 1 inch pipe with more JB > weld. > We used the JB Weld to affix the 2ft piece of 1-5/8 I.D. ECT to the bottom > 2feet of the clothes line pole. > We broke for lunch. > > We sprayed the backs of the 3x5 inch blocks and set the screws and > tightened them to the wall wet. > We sprayed the fronts of the blocks. > the ground cement was getting dry, and the stuff in the socket was as > well. > We sprayed the back of the header board and set it wet to the blocks and > screwed it onto the blocks. We sprayed it all over again. > We set the 1 inch E.C.T. (electrical conduit tubing, I've heard called > Electrical metal tubing) into the clamp and sealed around the openings > with a bead of JB weld. > We put the line hooks into the header. > We swept up with the cement in the above ground pipes still curing. > We put an inch of quick set over the carbon added cement and let my kid > put her hand print and initial into it. > We fitted the pieces. > > 2-3/8 i.d. in the ground, filled with cement. > 2-1/4 o.d rises 30 inches above ground, is filled with 30 inches of > cement, and has outside sleeve of 2-3/8 galvanized epoxied to that.. > 1-3/4 o.d. pipe has 1-1/2 o.d. clothes pole in that and slips into the 40 > inch cement filled galvanized pipe. > 2 bolt through caps on 2 ft horizontal 1 inch pipe hold lines with hooks > on headers at other end. > > The blocks where to put the header across lines that run up the wall, the > single line had been previously tied to the fittings on the electrical > service box. > > So, it's cement and 1/4 wall thick to the height of a dodge Ram 2500 pick > up's bumper and totally quick to break down. > > Today, i find out that the "pickled" party who has damaged (now 4) fences > in the neighborhood, as well as my clothes pole; is moving away. > well, maybe I can put a hoop and back board on the other side to make it > all worth it. (grins) > anyone know anything about carbon cement? > -- Force it!!! If it breaks, well, it wasn't working anyway... No, don't force it, get a bigger hammer. .
