Lost skills?

[Billy Bob Bob]

i did lead welding,was fun,dont do much now though,very seldom

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I hated bending steel pipe with sand

better than bending with lamp post tho

 

[newcastle phill]

Never do lead work. About as useful learning that as it was learning matrices in maths at school

 

[spanner]

Lead has gone discontinued. Now they just make plastic looking chimneys on new builds with roof angles and the good old slated roofs I think it's tin now in place for sheet lead weathering.

 

[afgew]

I also hated lead work at college!

 

[spanner]

I quite enjoyed the leadwork although it was being discontinued in the times of 6129 plumbing.

 

[Ray Stafford]

We still sell shed loads of lead. There are still some proper leadworkers about.

 

[Unregistered]

Don't see nothing wrong with using the conventional leadwork. It won't surprise me if it'll be back. Has some very good properties and I think most definitely a lost skill. But just don't forget to wash the hands before eating smoking and the wearing of proper PPE gloves

 

[spanner]

Don't see nothing wrong with using the conventional leadwork. It won't surprise me if it'll be back. Has some very good properties and I think most definitely a lost skill. But just don't forget to wash the hands before eating smoking and the wearing of proper PPE gloves

As above

 

[12poi]

Anyone else had to learn using Bobbins for thin wall lead waste and soil pipe bending - up to 4"?

Accessible lead flashings are nowadays obviously gone - but high lead flashings on stacks etc is still the way to do it.
Lead burning is still a useful skill.
So is lead bossing. Instructor "You have 120 mins to boss that Code 5 16" x 16" piece of lead into a hopper head. Do not use a wedge chase or a mallet or hammer, only use the bossing & dressing sticks. The bossed lead must be of an even thickness all round."

Lead wiping and rolling are well gone, but silver/hard soldering and cup brazing are still around for specialty uses.

We were also taught to safely use Oxy-Acety for lead burning and steel cutting and basic gas welding for frames etc.
And, surprisingly enough, we had to weld sheet copper for a back gutter.