Modular Column with 4" Peepers

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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby MacStill » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:30 pm

I have found my product to be better than the early days, cant say if it's experience or bath depth but 25mm has been serving me well for around 2 years now :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Brendan » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:42 pm

Ahh well that's enough for me :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Reading some other threads, I had thought you'd gone TO 10mm bath depth.
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby emptyglass » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:53 pm

Are you thinking of bubble caps, or seive plates?
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Brendan » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:24 am

Sieve plate EG...

If I can master the ezy flange, I want to make each plates section a modular piece...or just do 3 plates in straight column with a 4th modular and the possibility for more later...

It all rests on being able to do about 16 ezy flanges :p
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby tickle » Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:49 am

if I can pull it off, you can too. For me, and I'm not the craftsman that these guys are, but i just madegood square cuts on the pipe, stood it on its end on a flat piece of steel to make sure it was square, and brazed 1"4 od tubing around it. knocked it flat with a hammer, and was off.If i were to do it again, i think i would hammer it flat before brazing it to the pipe, but live and learn
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Brendan » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:57 am

Nice work tickle :handgestures-thumbupleft:

So you just slide the ring of tube over, hammer flat, and braze as is shown on HD.

A lot of guys here flare the ends out with a hammer and anvil before sliding the ring over, which would give more strength... :think:
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby crow » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:46 pm

I didn't flare mine but I did silver solder it so yeah its pretty strong
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Goldie » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:32 pm

Like Crow said don't worry about flaring it, just make a good ring with the 1/4" and solder it on :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Brendan » Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:31 pm

So if flaring is the ezy flange...just flattening the ring and soldering (hard) must be the ezy peezy flange?

Better than the gaping flange ;)
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby crow » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:26 am

Brendan wrote: ezy peezy flange Better than the gaping flange ;)

maybe but not better than the easy cheezey gaping flange :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Modular Column with 4" Peepers

Postby Sam. » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:03 pm

crow wrote:
Brendan wrote: ezy peezy flange Better than the gaping flange ;)

maybe but not better than the easy cheezey gaping flange :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:puke-huge:
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