re: ATM Aluminum solder

["Tony Dunlap" <tdunlap@odot.dot.ohio.gov>]

"luis garcia" <igusus@hotmail.com> Wrote:
 
> Also, is there an easy way to cut the end of the tubing so I can solder 
> tubing at 90 degrees from each other?  I need a pattern to follow for 1 
> " tubing.

I've been cutting a lot of tubing lately, but mine have been triangles :^)

For a 90, you would need two 45s.

The way I done it was to

Get two boards of the appropriate thickness (I use furring strips, 1/2" * 2" 
and doubled them to 1" thick), and cut them with a mitre saw at a 45 degree 
angle.

On your bench, lay the boards down with a piece of the material you are 
cutting fitted snuggly between them.

Take a straight edge and align the angled ends of the boards, then fasten to 
the bench.

Now you can mass-produce these pieces by putting them between the boards and 
cutting along the angled board edge.


Kinda looks like this.

========================
                       /
   board 1            /
                     /
====================
space for what you're cutting
==================
                 /
   board 2      /
               /
==============


Later