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It's a control switch for a pump on a steam trap that goes to a large compression distiller. It only distills water, unfortunately.
I'll have to look into it
When it burns it takes your breath away in a similar fashion as ammonia. The purge we use to start up/shut down a die smells pretty gnarly too. The pvc mix we use (super secret recipe blended on site) is too hard to get flowing again after it cools.
I'm just glad the plastic didn't find its way past the drive gears in the corrugator and fill the cavity that has all the gears/shafts/bearings with 30k psi of pvc. It took 2 weeks of hacking at the mess with drills/saws/cutoff wheels to get the cooling mandrel out and blocks freed up. Glad I was busy with this project and stuck the new guy on it!
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It’s pretty thick stuff. I like it because it doesn’t harden and, crack like other brands such asTrue Blue….
I use it on anything from 1/2” to, 4” steel threaded pipe.
Always like turning to the blueprint pages relevant to me, and seeing "water closet".
Then later on looking at the tiny room you close yourself off in to take care of business.
Multi million dollar homes, and you dump in a tiny little room.
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Nothing like Dirtydeeds or Joey, but I built this pantry. I did everything but the butcher block (I did have to cut to size and finish).
The stuff one can learn here is invaluable. These are things you learn from things that weren't supposed to happen. I know the next generation has access to more information than we did and will advance the technology, but when things go south, that's when experience is king.
Just sayin
Looks damn good to me !!!
Was doing some math last night and realized we have $676,000 worth of work bid out which feels great. Especially when I take into account we only grossed about 550 last year. Here’s to a great year for all in this thread 🍻
Looks good brother! 🤙
All new projects have to start (from scratch) from a trailer load of material.
Have you given an extensive…exhaustive…explanation of “selecting your lumber”…? 🤣
One thing I can tell you is, that didn't come from Home Depot.
What gave it away?
Too straight?
Too dry?
Edges are too square?
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Underneath, 3/4" pre finished birch ply.
Next layer, 5'x5' Baltic birch ply. (drawer boxes)
4 Sticks of 8/4 maple, eventually a counter top. And drawer face inlays.
And 5/4 sapeli for the finished ends, face frames, and drawer faces of a 3pc dresser.
Need to finish up another project tomorrow, and clean up a bit before diving into this one.
It needs to match an existing king size bed frame.
Pit Row
D: All of the above.
None of that is available at the depot.
They do though, have better soft close drawer slides.
"None of that is available at the depot."
Yeah, just Joshin'.
Yeah unlike others, I know a humorous comment when I see one.
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I think I've said this before in this thread.
It's a damn shame how many tradesmen have their work covered by sheetrock.
Spin it back 3 teeth to tighten. I ain't done one of those in 15 years.
Chance, I am assuming you do alot more pro press than I do. We still work in some buildings that wont allot it, such as verizon telecomm buildings. Whats your opinion? It's great when valves are leaking by, its fast and mostly dummy proof but hard to make it look good. Specifically in long straight runs/mains running across a ceiling. Always pulls dog dicks unless its hung in split rings/kush clamps.
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It’s a mix of brazing, sweating and, press. I prefer sweating honestly. Brazing for underground and, medical gas or, cryogenics. With press, my biggest problem is making sure I don’t work myself into a corner making it impossible to get the tool in place to press. It’s easier for me to get a torch head in most areas regardless of how tight they are. Do I trust it? Yes. I’ve pressurized press at over 200 psi at home using nitrogen one day when I was bored without issue. Code for max water pressure is 80 psi. As far as pulling one way or another, I hate it. Installer friendly while taking craftsmanship out of it. It’s hard to make look good.
The biggest reason my company uses press is there is no need for a fire watch which, is the case when soldering. Each builder is different. Some require a 1/2 hr watch after all torch work is completed. Others require 2 hours. That could be ten hours of standing around doing nothing each week.
My biggest Bitch sweating is, dealing with larger fittings. You ever deal with a 3” fitting that gets stuck at 1/2 make up? Then having to fight it off? I got in the habit of reaming the inside of the edge of the fitting and, filling the outer edge of the pipe because of that. It really sucks when the fitting is bent at the edge. I just cut the fitting back with a band saw then clean it up if it’s not too bad anymore. The hell with trying to straighten a fitting out with a crescent lol.
Sometimes you can’t wait for it to get covered. Especially when you had to do something slick the inspector didn’t catch. 😂
I hear you on working into a corner. The press tools themselves are getting alot smaller but cant do much about the jaw size.
We do alot of 3" and 4" copper for piping air handlers when we do change outs. I understand the fight with fittings. I definitely ream the inside of the fitting and file the pipe, still end up using some persuasion of some sort. I prefer to braze anything that large with a rosebud torch. Bigger hammer and more fire is how we roll. Haha
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