Who knows what this plumbing tool is for??????
Mar 19, 2020 17:46:56 GMT
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Post by tomplum on Mar 19, 2020 17:46:56 GMT
alas Woody I don't have the pipe clamps nor any of the other stuff needed and to do it authentically a petrol or paraffin lamp would need to be used because, that's all we used back then, which is a new challenge all of its own, Those plumber's skill level is lost and forgotton.
In my early days, ( about 19 years old) I was sent to fix a busted back boiler, The old copper square box at the back of the fire, A very messy dirty job and it was very restricted for reaching in and making the two lead joint, there was only enough room for one hand to make the joints, When I finished the basterd leaked. I had several goes and it failed every time, The plumber came for me in the van expecting it done, so he was grumpy as fuck, he grabbed the blow torch and in 10 minutes made two beautiful oval shaped lead joints with one hand whilst smoking a woodbine and muttering insults about how the lads today are , thick, useless lumps of shite and not fit to wipe his arse, And still today, could not make joints like he could,
In my early days, ( about 19 years old) I was sent to fix a busted back boiler, The old copper square box at the back of the fire, A very messy dirty job and it was very restricted for reaching in and making the two lead joint, there was only enough room for one hand to make the joints, When I finished the basterd leaked. I had several goes and it failed every time, The plumber came for me in the van expecting it done, so he was grumpy as fuck, he grabbed the blow torch and in 10 minutes made two beautiful oval shaped lead joints with one hand whilst smoking a woodbine and muttering insults about how the lads today are , thick, useless lumps of shite and not fit to wipe his arse, And still today, could not make joints like he could,
