Welcome back No Idea, I am so looking forward to seeing what happens with the potato tin and the bendy pipe - and I am certain it'll be well worth the wait 
I like Hammocks.
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Thank you Darkside. Ive just woke up after another 3 hour sleep, but I feel a bit more awake.
Thank you eeL The potato tin was the mk 2. Im now on the mk 5. Irritating at £5 a pop. Need to learn how to bend this pipe properly. Not often I have this much trouble.
Thank you eeL The potato tin was the mk 2. Im now on the mk 5. Irritating at £5 a pop. Need to learn how to bend this pipe properly. Not often I have this much trouble.
Ive been considering trying a set of big and little washers on a set screw, tightened up to the od of the pipe and then bending the pipe around and between them.
I might try taking the pipe to the fastener shop to see what they can supply - If I can stay awake long enough.
I might try taking the pipe to the fastener shop to see what they can supply - If I can stay awake long enough.
Hi Bilmo
8mm od.
Ive bought a pipe bender, but its not bending it tight enough for this job, or around two axis at the same time.
Ive also been thinking about making a mould out of wood or fibreglass, but for a one off test... Excessive.
8mm od.
Ive bought a pipe bender, but its not bending it tight enough for this job, or around two axis at the same time.
Ive also been thinking about making a mould out of wood or fibreglass, but for a one off test... Excessive.
Whoever told you to fill it with silver sand was right. Flatten one end, fill the tube with fine sand or salt then flatten the other end. Bend the tube gently , a bit at a time, round a former of some sort, say a piece of bannister rail. Help it by tapping it gently with a mallet.
Alternatively, watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2V3CFf7t2g
looks like it takes a bit of practice tho'.
Alternatively, buy one of these and butcher it...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-Car-Van-H...ervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item519651cbb0
ps. was the woodgassy any good?
Alternatively, watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2V3CFf7t2g
looks like it takes a bit of practice tho'.
Alternatively, buy one of these and butcher it...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-Car-Van-H...ervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item519651cbb0
ps. was the woodgassy any good?
Look dad!
I ended up suddenly awake as a freezing cold stove was almost pushed up my nose...
"Er dad...."
"Its been built wrong"
There was me trying to work out what was going on through one crunched up eye...
Er.... No ..... I think thats a Woodgas Stove.....
"Ooooh! Really? Where can we get some woodgas from so we can try it !"
Er.....
I ended up suddenly awake as a freezing cold stove was almost pushed up my nose...
"Er dad...."
"Its been built wrong"
There was me trying to work out what was going on through one crunched up eye...
Er.... No ..... I think thats a Woodgas Stove.....
"Ooooh! Really? Where can we get some woodgas from so we can try it !"
Er.....
Er.... I think it makes its own woodgas...Er....
"Really? Where does it store it?"
That was too much for me to handle.
I tell you what, we will have a look at it in a while....
"How long is a while?"
About a week.
"Really? Where does it store it?"
That was too much for me to handle.
I tell you what, we will have a look at it in a while....
"How long is a while?"
About a week.
If its copper tubing you are trying to bend then either fill it with sand and bend it (doesnt have to be silver sand) or using an external bending spring.
So....
I set it up.
Not sure about this. It had no window for feeding the fire.
Its a top loader. First time I had played with anything like this.
I usually put in cotton wool, birch bark, lolly sticks, bits of cardboard and bits of wood on top.
However, this time, I would have to light it from the top.
I also didnt have any twigs, only some tongue and groove pine.
I hacked the pine up with my axe. No Idea what the kids had been hitting with it to make it that blunt.
Er.....Forget that. Ive just remembered my angellic little elves helping with that ramp just before xmas....
I set it up.
Not sure about this. It had no window for feeding the fire.
Its a top loader. First time I had played with anything like this.
I usually put in cotton wool, birch bark, lolly sticks, bits of cardboard and bits of wood on top.
However, this time, I would have to light it from the top.
I also didnt have any twigs, only some tongue and groove pine.
I hacked the pine up with my axe. No Idea what the kids had been hitting with it to make it that blunt.
Er.....Forget that. Ive just remembered my angellic little elves helping with that ramp just before xmas....
Told Little Idea about the problem I could foresee in lighting the woodgas...
I needed tinder all the way down so it could burn back up from the bottom.
Next thing I know, Im fending him off.
Seems like I needed to tip a gallon of petrol in it to help it start...
I love kids. Everything is taken literally.
The results are seldom boring.
I needed tinder all the way down so it could burn back up from the bottom.
Next thing I know, Im fending him off.
Seems like I needed to tip a gallon of petrol in it to help it start...
I love kids. Everything is taken literally.
The results are seldom boring.
Convinced him that tipping petrol in it would result in the petrol leaking out of its holes all over the table and lighting it would probably blow it up.
He decided I should try my normal aproach first.
I even managed to get him to put the petrol away until we actually needed it.
He coudlnt actually see why we shouldnt have the can of fuel right next to us, just in case...
He decided I should try my normal aproach first.
I even managed to get him to put the petrol away until we actually needed it.
He coudlnt actually see why we shouldnt have the can of fuel right next to us, just in case...
Cotton wool, birch bark, cardboard
Almost got the woodgas ready to light as oldests hobo came to the boil.
He tried the Na na nana na!
So I nicked his water and tipped coffee in it.
He grumbled for a bit then started again.
Almost got the woodgas ready to light as oldests hobo came to the boil.
He tried the Na na nana na!
So I nicked his water and tipped coffee in it.
He grumbled for a bit then started again.
