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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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"simon beer" writes:

Along with everything else that's been said, buy a bl**dy good blow
tourch.
Not one from the sheds but go to the plumbers merchants. You will wait
all
day for a crap one to heat the pipe. Get a "Turbo Torch" or the likes
and
use the yellow tins (cast iron) of gas, think it MAPP gas. Expect to pay
around £45 for one and aroud the house it should last you years. The £10
shed ones are ok for paint stripping and that about all!

I've heard this before, but it isn't my experience. I've used a £10
shed one for all my plumbing (which includes installing a full central
heating system, and redoing all the rest of the plumbing in the house,
all end-feed soldered), and it has no trouble with even 28mm end-feed
T's, which are probably the largest joins I've soldered. If I was a
plumber doing this everyday for a living, I would treat myself to
something better, but for DIY, even installing a full heating system,
a shed blowlamp is fine.

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And I have used ordinary drills in the past, around the house purely DIY
without to much hassle. Then I got a Dewalt SDS, enough said!
The cheaper lamps I was always looking for a light, didn't have auto
ignition, was always waiting for them to warm up or else they blew out and
they were inconsistent in use at any angle. And of course there is always
the pleasure in adding a descent tool to the bag, a big boys toy! You know
it makes sense. When you going to use something quite a few times or even
for one big project I consider it worth buying a good tool. I think of it
that I saved X amount by doing it my self so why not, hey I'm worth it. Just
got to convince SWMBO first!!!