That was quick!
OK the story
One time at the mine we were tired of slogging through a swap every winter.
Since it was not totally mandatory to clear it up the company wasn't giving us anything.
It became kind of a crew project to fix it.
We all decided if we had drainage it wouldn't hold water and eventually dry out. We had pipe to make a drain out of in the boneyard, but we didn't have any fittings. We needed a 45 degree bend.
Well Mcmaster had these tools, (big ones, it was 18" pipe) but they were spendy.
Like in $700 bucks spendy!
But they gave me a tiny picture in the catalog.
So I took a piece of channel iron and some flat bar stock, screws and washers etc and made one.
It wasn't so elegant, but it worked! I was able to mark the 2 pieces of pipe, torch them and weld them up.
It all worked in the end, and the swamp was gratefully drained.
Later when I found this small one I knew exactly what it was,
and was delighted.
yours Scott
