Removing Lead and Oakum Hub With Acetylene Torch | Episode 10 

Just wanted to come back and thank you for showing this! I drilled and dug out lead and oakum for a couple of days, thinking it would just pop out without using a torch. I found there was still quite a bit of lead after heating up the pipe. As the comment before mine stated, your video gave me the confidence to use a torch! Popped right out after about 10 minutes!

Thank you. I had a similar situation at home and this video gave me the confidence to attempt it. I spent about a half hour driling as much lead out as I could first. My advice to others is be patient with the torch. It required more time than I thought it would. I use the same torch shown in the photo at 4:07. Hitting it with a hammer right after it's been heated up is key. And don't forget to put some fiberglass material behind the pipe so you don''t set your house on fire. Thanks again for this.

Listen thank you!!!!!!!!! Omg saved me so much headache God Bless 💯

Nicely done sir , thanks for sharing .

Hell yeah happy Friday

Thumbs up just for the cool channel came.

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I always wanted to try melting out the lead, but my Dad would never let me. He was always concerned that the cast iron hub would possibly crack from being heated up or cooled too fast, or else crack because the rate of expansion of the hub wouldn't match the rate of expansion of the pipe in the hub. He was also concerned that even if the hub didn't crack, the fitting's integrity might be lessened to the point where damage could be done to it while driving the PVC pipe in with the rubber donut. How many hubs have you done this for? Have any hubs or fittings every cracked during this process? I would really like to try it. My Dad has always made me drill out the hubs, we use 1/4 inch drill bits... I usually break 1-4 drill bits during the process, my Dad maybe breaks 1 or zero when he does it. When I was learning, I think I broke 8 drill bits one time. I've drilled out probably around 25 hubs, and my Dad probably drilled out at least twice as many... it usually takes 30-45 minutes to do that, but makes quite a mess, and is tedious.

Shot, I cut my pipe right on the edge of the hub. How can i get the inner piece out of the hub? Cutting?

okay SuperJew Friends, about to go heat up some oakum. (Also, all this time I thought you were from Baltimore, but that's a PHILLY accent isn't it?? Shoulda knowed it)

So I'm guessing "Philly Jew with Attitude" was taken...

Jews with screws LOL