I didn't have contact with the JB; but it is a metal epoxy. But not all that tough, I was able to use acetone to wipe away a line that ran down one of the pipes. Also, acetone will wash textured spray paint off of glass of a luver storm door. T-top is too high, I'm gonna figure out which end is likely to be easier to cut. Wife says too high.
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > never heard of carbon cement and will be anxious to read comments on > same. also tell me about using the J B Weld. is that like a toothpaste > consistancy ? a job well done. maybe your neighbor is going to a > program? Lee > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:17:28AM -0400, > Spiro > wrote: >> Hi, >> I just wanted to give the story of the completion of the clothes line pole >> project. >> If you remember, a rather "pickled" neighbor downed my clothes line pole. >> It seems that sun is faster and cheaper than gas heated appliances and it >> was a priority. >> Well stability was the issue and I didn't want the next occurance to be >> unnoticed at the auto body shop. >> So here's what we got at Home Depot. >> >> What we needed: >> 1 ft section 2-3/8 galvanized pipe >> 1 2-1/4 ft of same. >> 1 40 inch section of 2-1/4 o.D. galvanized pipe >> 1 2ft section of 1-3/4 O.D. galvanized nipple >> 1 bracket to hold horizontal member >> 1 2ft 1 inch O.D. E.C.T. >> 1 8ft (true) 1 inch X3 pressure treated board (rounded edges) >> 1 unit of carbon added cement >> 2 standard quick set cement >> 1 can of cement colored, textured outdoor >> spray paint >> 2 chain link fence bolt through caps >> 4 2.5 inch tapscrews >> 2 2 inch stainless flair head wood screws >> 2 1/4 inch wood threaded screws 3 inch long >> >> since the guy at HD told me I could buy by the foot, I was surprised when >> he said his machine wouldn't cut the stock we chose. >> So with hacksaws going, and my using my "passed" father in laws huge pipe >> cutter, we got everything down to size >> I remed and deburred all the pipes for smooth fit. >> >> We used a hammer drill with masonry chisel to make a 8X8 inch wide hole >> and dug the cement and old pipe out. We dug a 16 inch hole. We banged >> the 2ft pipe in to level. >> We sunk the 2ft of 2-3/8 into the ground and filled it to the 14 inch or >> 10 inch from the top, with cement. >> We filled the hole around the pipe with this Carbon Added cement. >> carbon supposed to be stronger ? ? >> that surrounded that pipe to an inch from level. (I hope this carbon >> additive cement isn't snake oil). >> We filled the 40 inch 2-1/4 inch pipe with quick cement to the 30 inch >> mark. >> We put the 2-1/4 ft piece of 2-3/8 I.D around that >> 40 inch 2-1/4 pipe and used JB Weld to hold it at the 10 inch mark and up >> from there. >> While that cured we sprayed the front of 2 3x5 inch pieces of the >> treated wood after drilling for the tapscrews. >> While that dried, we drilled the 30 inch header board for the close line >> hooks. We removed those and sprayed the wood front. >> We assembled the clamps that would hold the 1 inchcross piece to the >> clothes line pole, drilling through the pole in a vice, through the >> front and back hole to make them allign. We set the bolt through and >> tightened it for fit. >> We set the "caps" onto the 1 inch pipe with more JB >> weld. >> We used the JB Weld to affix the 2ft piece of 1-5/8 I.D. ECT to the bottom >> 2feet of the clothes line pole. >> We broke for lunch. >> >> We sprayed the backs of the 3x5 inch blocks and set the screws and >> tightened them to the wall wet. >> We sprayed the fronts of the blocks. >> the ground cement was getting dry, and the stuff in the socket was as >> well. >> We sprayed the back of the header board and set it wet to the blocks and >> screwed it onto the blocks. We sprayed it all over again. >> We set the 1 inch E.C.T. (electrical conduit tubing, I've heard called >> Electrical metal tubing) into the clamp and sealed around the openings >> with a bead of JB weld. >> We put the line hooks into the header. >> We swept up with the cement in the above ground pipes still curing. >> We put an inch of quick set over the carbon added cement and let my kid >> put her hand print and initial into it. >> We fitted the pieces. >> >> 2-3/8 i.d. in the ground, filled with cement. >> 2-1/4 o.d rises 30 inches above ground, is filled with 30 inches of >> cement, and has outside sleeve of 2-3/8 galvanized epoxied to that.. >> 1-3/4 o.d. pipe has 1-1/2 o.d. clothes pole in that and slips into the 40 >> inch cement filled galvanized pipe. >> 2 bolt through caps on 2 ft horizontal 1 inch pipe hold lines with hooks >> on headers at other end. >> >> The blocks where to put the header across lines that run up the wall, the >> single line had been previously tied to the fittings on the electrical >> service box. >> >> So, it's cement and 1/4 wall thick to the height of a dodge Ram 2500 pick >> up's bumper and totally quick to break down. >> >> Today, i find out that the "pickled" party who has damaged (now 4) fences >> in the neighborhood, as well as my clothes pole; is moving away. >> well, maybe I can put a hoop and back board on the other side to make it >> all worth it. (grins) >> anyone know anything about carbon cement? >> > > -- > Force it!!! > If it breaks, well, it wasn't working anyway... > No, don't force it, get a bigger hammer. > . >
