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Old 10-12-2006, 04:14 PM   #1
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Lead Roof


Hi, lead roof, lead dressed over wooden roll, like cheap handrail,with flat on bottom, more of my mate Garrys work
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Old 10-12-2006, 07:22 PM   #2
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That looks good!
Is your mate a roofer or carpenter? What weight is the sheets?
I see some spot soldering along the seam, I presume its a flat locked seam.
I ve done a little bit of lead work in the past. Iron has to be just right or you ruin your work.
Very nice,

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Old 10-14-2006, 08:39 PM   #3
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nice work. must be 4lb lead. the bigest sheet i can get of it is 3 foot. we use it for chimny pans, crickets , etc

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