The radiator department had a new recruit today in the form of "works boy" - aka Frank (I prefer the french pronounciation "frornck"). He arrived just in time to thread on the 16,ooth gill and complete the final tube! The 120 odd tubes were then dunked in molten solder to secure the fins against the rough parisian roads. Despite starting with 2kg of highgrade plumbers lead we quickly ran out and had to make a quick dash to Austen's home hardware shop for supplies. Surprisingly Austen's home hardware stocks large blocks of solder ready for melting, they have everything in that shop. Frornck sped us back in the racing styled fiat and we managed to finish 87.3% of the tubes before running out of solder again at the end of the day.
In celebration, and to cool off after the propane fired solder bath had singed my fair ginger eyebrows, we had a big bonfire. A big religious, chocolatey weekend of proper work to look forward to!
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