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Originally Posted by lolito_fr
Thanks
Something I forgot to mention (probably the most important bit!) was that I ground a small flat on the tube (about 3mm wide) to help mate it with the plate.
Tube is 10/12mm, plate is 1.5mm. Its pretty thin, and I did have some "bendage" which I wasn't that happy about. Should have used at least 2mm with hindsight.
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I have been thinking of making almost exactly the same thing you did...
After I saw how efficient yours is...
But I was thinking of cutting the pipe length ways and opening it up a bit and soldering that to the plate instead. But that might be excessive or unnecessary.