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jd

26/09/2015 4:44 AM

hi

Try and heat it up with a map gas or propane torch lik we plumbers us to
sweat copper. Jd. p.s. it will expand the metal as it heats up and as it
cools it will shrink back down so have pipe French ready pull and heat at
the same time don't want to get it to hot

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Puckdropper

in reply to jd on 26/09/2015 4:44 AM

26/09/2015 7:06 AM

"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>>
>> Try and heat it up with a map gas or propane torch lik we plumbers us
>> to sweat copper. Jd. p.s. it will expand the metal as it heats up and
>> as it cools it will shrink back down so have pipe French ready pull
>> and heat at the same time don't want to get it to hot
>
> That's nice. What is "it" and why would one want to heat it?
>

I think that's spam filler text. Probably the URLs got stripped when it
posted.

Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to jd on 26/09/2015 4:44 AM

26/09/2015 1:34 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Try and heat it up with a map gas or propane torch lik we plumbers us to
> sweat copper. Jd. p.s. it will expand the metal as it heats up and as it
> cools it will shrink back down so have pipe French ready pull and heat at
> the same time don't want to get it to hot

That's nice. What is "it" and why would one want to heat it?

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to jd on 26/09/2015 4:44 AM

26/09/2015 10:52 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> >>
> >> Try and heat it up with a map gas or propane torch lik we plumbers us
> >> to sweat copper. Jd. p.s. it will expand the metal as it heats up and
> >> as it cools it will shrink back down so have pipe French ready pull
> >> and heat at the same time don't want to get it to hot
> >
> > That's nice. What is "it" and why would one want to heat it?
>
> A better question might be what is "pipe French"?

I think that's what my father spoke after he sat on his best pipe and
broke it. At least he said "excuse my French" afterward.

> (I'm guessing this is an answer to a question someone asked
> circa 2003, since those keep showing up here).

Probably.

JM

John McCoy

in reply to jd on 26/09/2015 4:44 AM

26/09/2015 2:22 PM

"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>>
>> Try and heat it up with a map gas or propane torch lik we plumbers us
>> to sweat copper. Jd. p.s. it will expand the metal as it heats up and
>> as it cools it will shrink back down so have pipe French ready pull
>> and heat at the same time don't want to get it to hot
>
> That's nice. What is "it" and why would one want to heat it?

A better question might be what is "pipe French"?

(I'm guessing this is an answer to a question someone asked
circa 2003, since those keep showing up here).

John


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