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I cut the old end cap off of the previous pipe using a 3 inch cutoff disk and an air tool:
To remove the cap, cut two grooves in the side:
Between the grooves I ground down the metal using a grinder attachment. The one thing that did give out on my cheap rotary tool was the chuck. I found that one way to prolong the life was to put a thin strip of metal between the chuck and the bit. The metal is from a 1.44 diskette. Again, wear eye protection. You don't want bits of metal flying around and hitting you in the eye!
The cap is only weleded in a couple of places, and it doesn't go through much, so I just pried where I ground the metal down and cut the grooves:
Here you can see the end cap ready to put on my new pipe. The piece of old pipe is sitting on top:
There are 3 parts to this article:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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