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Ben Lipman
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Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car

Posts: 2010
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:27 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

I practised making some pipe joins today using a program I found googling the net.

http://www.metalgeek.com/static/cope.pcgi

I made both 90 and 45deg joins out of scrap 38mm pipe. I used the templates generated by the calculator above and cut them out with an angle grinder with a 1mm cutting disc, cleaned up with a sanding flap disc. They fit nice first go but I am still getting the hang of the new welder. By the time I found the sweet spot I'd finished the joins.

I am strongly considering buying a pipe notcher for the consistency and repeatability required, but it is good to know I can get good results free hand.

I'll go an buy a heap of scrap pipe this weekend so I can get some decent practice.

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