Brake Skills Q:

Patrick

naw, but you can really get screwed if you are at house and everything requires a 9" piece of coil

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

naptown CR

A piece of undersill trim works just as nicely

thesidingpro

I've always looked at being over 12".

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loneframer

I like to match the PVC coil, especially if it's a color.

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Patrick

True but its a high 5 all the way around if you end up with 6"'s and 8"'s

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

Tom Struble

i wrap all corners with 6x6 using standard corners 8x8 using super corners, i install capping under all my starter,most of my casings work out to 8'' my fascia almost always is over 9 i always install a seperate drip cap on all my openings,sometimes it seems i have more coil under the siding than showing

2x50= 1 sq

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naptown CR

that explains it

Tom Struble

what i would like to see on a brake would be the ability to bend a reverse bend smaller then the 3/4'' thats now possible on the tapco

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Patrick

I can (could) get 5/8" on my pro14 it need to be adjusted, but i really want to just get a new one.

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

CharlesD

You can make a half inch bend if you have a good brake that's adjusted right.
On the first mark just make a crease. Turn the peace over to the second mark and make a full 90 on it. Then turn the peace back over to the crease and finish that bend.
I put the half inch bend on door stops all the time this way.

Tinstaafl

Okay, here's one not well taken care of, along with the tree that tried to put it out of its misery. I think it's about 15-16 years old, and never got an ounce of respect until I got it.

Children and sensitive people should leave the room now.







































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naptown CR

there is a term for what this needs









euthnasia

Tom Struble

looks like shes got a few more years in her Tin

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Tinstaafl

Youths in Asia make more money than me. Mercy will have to wait.

Surprisingly enough, the old gal still does a pretty good job. And for a bonus, she ain't too likely to get stolen.

Tom Struble

thats what i thoughti had an ol one like yours it was all stolen on a job about a mile from my house

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loneframer

Yessir, you don't realize how much a piece-o-s#!t tool is worth to you 'till it's gone.

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Tinstaafl

Oh, great.

I do lock it to a tree or whatever's handy when I leave it onsite.

OTOH, some years back when it still belonged to the GC (and was just as ugly as now), the guys left it set up on horses at a site, no locks, no nothing. Come Monday morning, the brake was still there, but the horses were gone.

loneframer

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loneframer

So............How did the brake avert certain death????????????

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Tinstaafl

It teleported itself just far enough away from the main trunk of that tree (and two others just as large) so that it only got nailed by a branch as big as my waist. I couldn't even get close enough to it for pics until everything was cleaned up.

The crying shame is that the HO had no insurance, and we were well on the way to getting her house fixed up enough that she'd be able to get some. Long story, but basically, new hubby moved in, wrecked the place with unfinished projects, and just let it rot for 12+ years.

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