Cheers for that Mr Evans...Allow me to begin!
I am at the moment working in the only place I can now ply my trade unimpeded. This paradise is called Northern Ireland and is Part P free. I am banned from working in the Irish republic unless I apply for a 'license' costing lots and lots of euro :coat
I work for a small company, about 4 miles away inside the North. I live in the South. This firm installs PV and solar water kits. Declan is a good man and you can read plenty here...
http://www.ecosystemsdirect.co.uk/
Anyways, everyone in Ireland has a sexy shed and Declan's aspiration is no exception. One of the lads, Paul, is a bricky by trade so the thing was up in no time. I have done a little steel tubing on some of their jobs, so Dec decide he wanted a tasty tube job... It is a square block building with pesky pillars half way down each side. The double set is one of the trickiest chaps you will come across so makes for a good tutorial :yellow card So here we go then...
The first thing you need to know about this sort of job is that there is an order to it. The order is....
1) string it out.
2) fit the saddles
3) make the pieces
4) screw it together and drop it in the saddles.
The reasons for this is twofold. It is quicker to make the pieces to the dimensions of the lines AND if the threads a re a little skew whiff the conduit will pull straight in the saddles. Making the tube fit the lines is outside this tutorial and am sure it is in this forums archive... However if it is lost, I will do it again, if the demand is there for it. For my second set, 1 and 2 have been done.
This is the first pillar that has been negotiated. the idea is to copy the job on the opposite pillar... here goes.
As stated, you have to string it out and then saddle it. I have put my money where my mouth is! There should be a saddle in the middle of the pillar, but there is a huge girder there. At this stage I was not sure how to navigate the problem, so just marked the pilar and went into complete denial.. :red card
No we are cracking. When I made the first double set, I recorded the angle of the dangle with this cardboard template. All I got to do now is get the next part right!
This is a top tip for getting the set right the first time. You lay a bit of scrap on top of the former like this, get on your knees to the side of the machine and slide a tape between the two tubes. The scrap needs to be parallel to the tube you are bending like this. My set needed to be 155mm to clear the pillar. This is not far off. It is now just a matter of putting the second bend in and doing the final tickle. I have now run out of upload, so will return in a few moments with a new post.
See you soon
Mr Evans please help!
I am in full flow now but I cannot upload anymore. I even tried to fiddle it by starting a new topic but it knows what I am up to.... :facepalm:
