Finally got down to the practical session on the 6th and final week of the plumbing course I've been attending. My friend Dave set up a basic home plumbing system in his workshop with bits missing, inviting us to each choose a bit and complete it. I chose a couple of joints, selecting to complete them in the old fashioned way, without the aid of a separate joining piece.
The task was made harder by being told (as we had already been shown) not to burn the chipboard backing, the burning of which apparently shows a poorly trained plumber. My effort was pronounced perfect.
I then moved on to a 3 way joint with a T piece.
Again, it was pronounced perfect.
My only gripe with the course was that there was a little too much emphasis on the theoretical, whereas all I wanted was the practical. Nonetheless, it was a worthwhile £60.
I was reading some emails from the Old Boys of my school yesterday where some engineers were talking about modern electronic equipment, such as TVs. I was scanning an email without paying too much attention and misread the words 'service pump' as 'voice pump' and thought what a good name for a mobile phone.
2 comments:
How did you swage the pipe?
A former that you simply hammer in.
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