An antique repair for my neighbor Pepe le pew. Some sheet metal work and soldering to repair a crack and dent in a champagne bucket Slappers dollies and sold…
An antique repair for my neighbor Pepe le pew. Some sheet metal work and soldering to repair a crack and dent in a champagne bucket Slappers dollies and sold…
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Just why do the Colonials refuse to speak their mother tongue? :>)
That bucket reminds me of a very boozy party in Epernay, many many bottles
of unlabelled bubbly. Ah, fond memories.from my youth.
c
So that project was from your bucket list…
(Sorry couldn’t resist)
So Tom the L is silent is that like a P in bath
Nice repair Tom! I bet the labor charge is more that the selling price…He
he
Soldering is always a good skill to know, useful for lots of jobs.
Thanks for showing.
At first I wondered: who spends $400 on a champagne bucket? Suddenly I
have this picture in my head of a guy standing in front of a shelf of ice
buckets, kind of like the Tom Lipton hammer collection, trying to decide
which one goes with the 1995 Dom Perignon…
Hey Tom,
Nice solder job! You have some man-sized soldering irons! Most all the
soldering is electronic so I have a 15-watt iron. Any other soldering I do
is with my handy-dandy Weller soldering gun. It’s been through hell and
back! It fell off the bench and broke the case. I epoxied it back together
and it’s still going strong. For tips, I use about 3″ of 12ga copper wire
bent in the proper configuration. I’ve got tons of the stuff, so the price
is right. Did you get to try any bubbly from the pail? Are you looking
pale? Thanks for the video!
Happy Holidays!
Oxen Dave
Hey Oxen,
A little antique repair.
Enjoy,
Tom
Solder Fodder: Whar I cums frum its sawdur. If said Solder someone might
thank I uz a pimp. ;)
We should call this one ” Uncle Tom’s Panel Shop segment “, you did a great
job on what is normally a very fiddly operation, especially when one is
working with such thin metal. I certainly liked that little collection of
soldering irons, they were just the ticket for the job.
Anyway, thank you for all your videos over the last year, much appreciated,
and hope you and your family have a great Xmas,
regards
John MD
Pepe should have given you a bottle of bubbly to test it with.
HI Tom,
Is everything you Californians use is bottled, like air and water…? lol
The way I got rid of certain tasks is, to be really bad at them, (Like
making the bed, folding clothes and so on….)
“Brownies and champagne” that would be a nice pay…
Cheers,
Pierre
I only found one vine to this name and another shined bucket that was on
sale at some point.
So that’s interesting. Clearly this isn’t a recent item, so there might be
some history the internet just can’t shine upon it.
Excellent repair. I’ve had to fix a few water containers myself with
solder where the exterior was critical to remain untouched (restoration
work) and it’s a pain in the rear end depending on the metal and what
condition it’s in.
For this kind of teeny tiny repair, I prefer a teeny tiny butane pencil
torch. It concentrates the heat in one small area. I have no champagne
bucket to experiment on, but I bet it would actually reflow the sollllllder
very quickly.
I do hope that was Evian water you used for leak testing. After is passes
the liquid ice test you will deserve a champagne toast from Pepe. It is
good to see that you can do jobs both large and small with equal skill.
Thanks for sharing.
Quite the uh……interesting repair. Your neighbor buys the funkiest
antiques. Is this the same neighbor that did burning man and hobby horse
handles?
Je espère que vous avez utilisé l’eau minérale que de la France pour tester
votre réparation!
It has a nice ring to it, And iam sure Mr. Le pew will put it to good use
just in time for Christmas.
Nicely done real easy to get carried away. Tom did you make that slapper?
Sacreblu those are some geant soldering irons! Are you planning on filling
le bucket with Champs and Ice on New Years?
I bet that old bucket could tell some interesting stories!
Hah, the ol’ American Beauty! I remember those. Power cable lugs on 4O
cable. Not always, most were just crimped with big air/hyd crimpers.
Nice repair Tom, I tend to hit it with the heat gun at the start, speeds
things up a bit. Not got a message back from the bearing company as yet
Tom, but will let you know as soon as they get In touch with me if they
have them, or I buy them through yourself. Thanks Tom your one in a
million.
My biggest nightmare: A Machinist using a scalpel! There has to be a horror
movie plot in there somewhere!
I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now Tom and every one is
very informative and fun. Thanks for the words of wisdom and occasional
humor. The equipment and environment you video in reminds me very much of
my Grandfather, ( a machinist for over 50 years). I appreciate the
reminders and have much respect for the work.
-David
I bought a soldering iron in South Africa some years back, intending to use
it with stained glass. 100 watt I think it was. Anyway when I finally got
to plugging it in I turned round to do something and when I turned black
the thing was bright red, hot enough to melt glass never mind lead! And it
just kept getting hotter. I guess thermostats are optional in Africa.
I still have Grandpa’s mammoth soldering iron. Wattage that would melt the
Hoover dam lol.
Tom,
Don’t be too hard on yourself over what appears to be a national speech
impediment with the word soLder. It is after all only a small fault in the
American use of the English language when compared to the gibberish that is
transmitted via SMS world wide. 😉
Cheers Eric
Hi Tom
another interesting vid in the art of metalwork.
Wanting to save the original patina on the outside, I wondered why you
didn’t do all the soldering from the inside.
I’ve used a large ship’s mooring cleat (over 16″) like you use your RR
track. I welded a thick steel plate to base to make easier to clamp to
table. One horn I left round but polished to remove casting imperfections,
on the end of the other horn I ground small flats on the top and sides.
Handy and portable anvil.
Hi Tom, good job. At work when we need to to leak tests fast after
TIG-welding, we apply compressed air to the joints, shows up immediately!
Greetings!
Hi Tom great video. With this video and the pictures of you in your earlier
days I can see you have done a lot of sheet metalwork. Keep the videos
coming and you do look like you are under the weather. Say well.
Rocky
Obviously another fine job Ox boy,nevertheless ,after hearing Pepe le Pew
all I could see in my mind was a French Skunk carrying a champagne bucket
full of ice and pricey booze. While chastity asking a black cat up and down
in front of your place . I know it’s been said by many Shutup Al !
What? Your not using Perrier water for the test? tsk tsk!
I have done similar jobs on lawn equipment gas tanks and lawn ornaments and
I have the same problem ,TOO fussy . I sometimes work the joint to the
point ware I loose it and have to start over , all for the sake of a smooth
finish .
Ahh, if that’s leaded solder will they get sick when they drink the ice
water? Causing headaches, brain tumors, enlarged hypothalamus, loss of
memory, lethargism, mental sloth.
Like a good neighbor, Tom Lipton’s there! Not a champagne guy, but that’s a
n-ice bucket! :o]
O,,,
Well done old time school way.
Maybe the camera but i thought you were looking a bit pail in this video.
Have you ever tried using a tig torch to heat up the area for soldering?
I would have Bozoed that one.
Nice work as usual.
thanks for the video, learning from the Ox.