Screw Soldering! (Just-for-Copper)

[bad coffee]

Glue is a 4 letter word.

I have a propane/MAPP torch for soldering, and a small butane one for plexi work and deserts. yeah, I can bake. Good desert just a different kind of panty-grease.

B

 

[Clayton]

I just realised that this thread was the OP's very first post! Since then, he has had his man card revoked, been shown men's ass cracks and received numerous cooking tips!

Oops!! Sorry, man! And welcome to your new posting experience!

LOL oh man, that funny , but at lease this way he will have no illusions as to the manor in which men with cards speak to each other when beer is on the line.

Welcome to the board.

i have no opinon on the joint glue but i know that i loth with all my body commprestion fitting for copper tubing, i hate them so much and are just a wate of money and source of agravation, at least when used on old work.

 

[BlackNotch]

I also use my MAPP torch for lighting my charcoal....30 seconds of contact and the coals start to glow!

 

[DonD13]

I also use my MAPP torch for lighting my charcoal....30 seconds of contact and the coals start to glow!

But have you ever used your BK propane burner to help keep the smoker hot while smoking a turkey in -10F weather? :cross:

As far as the copper glue stuff goes, no experience with it here, but soldering isn't that hard to learn, and I agree having a torch around is nice for other stuff too.

I was helping my friend clean out his basement so we can build a permanent brewey and discovered a mapp gas torch that is self igniting (also a nice 4 gal stainless brew kettle and a brand new corny keg his old rommate left :rockin: )

Having used a propane torch for years, I had no idea how much more heat mapp produces. It's almost like an oxy/acetylene torch for starting the charcoal, but much more portable. A few seconds and everything is on fire (whether you want it to be or not ) Which brings up a good point: If you're going to be doing any work with a torch indoors, keep a fire extinguisher handy. In fact, everyone should have one in with their brewing gear anyway, it could save you a house, or a life.

Anyway, sorry for rambling, I always write long responses when I'm drunk.

Later,
Don

 

[WortMonger]

I love to solder. This project really honed my edge, so to speak.

 

[Domminigan]

Anybody else notice that they have a "Just for copper PRO"?
If I caught a "Pro" using that in my house, I'd kick them right out the door.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Ya know? I'm not losing my sense of humour here, but I think we are doing the OP a disservice. He made his first post to give us a heads up on an easy alternative to soldering. Pretty much all we've done since then is tell all HBT how great we are at soldering as though it somehow defines our masculinity.

Let's face it guys, we are not talking about plumbing in our water heaters here. This is just our rigs! Very little pressure to deal with, this stuff will work just fine. I'm sure this stuff works perfectly well despite the fact that it doesn't give us an opportunity to stroke our manly egos and/or our manhood at the same time. It's only frickin' plumbing!!!

 

[BlindLemonLars]

OTOH, people who might be afraid of pipe sweating ought to know the truth: it's really simple and easy, the basic tools are dirt cheap, and it's vastly superior to glue. Stating these simple facts is no disservice to anybody, quite the opposite.

By the way, I found this great stuff called "malt extract." You can buy it at most brewshops, and it eliminates the need for grain and mash tuns.

 

[mmb]

By the way, I found this great stuff called "malt extract." You can buy it at most brewshops, and it eliminates the need for grain and mash tuns.

I found this nifty bottled product at the package store called Beer. You can just buy it and drink it. No need to wait at all!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I found this nifty bottled product at the package store called Beer. You can just buy it and drink it. No need to wait at all!

Since I learned to piss outside my pants I don't even need beer!

 

[Phideaoux44]

Ya know? I'm not losing my sense of humour here, but I think we are doing the OP a disservice. He made his first post to give us a heads up on an easy alternative to soldering. Pretty much all we've done since then is tell all HBT how great we are at soldering as though it somehow defines our masculinity.

Let's face it guys, we are not talking about plumbing in our water heaters here. This is just our rigs! Very little pressure to deal with, this stuff will work just fine. I'm sure this stuff works perfectly well despite the fact that it doesn't give us an opportunity to stroke our manly egos and/or our manhood at the same time. It's only frickin' plumbing!!!

+1
Congrats on thinking of new ways to do old tasks. If not for that mentality, we'd only have one style of beer....