Recent content by plumbman23

Thanks for that info,As far as Ive been told it is provincial jurisdiction alto its all basically still the ASME boiler code there not much difference for the most part.I live in eastern Canada and we actually for most trades fall under Ontario specs and codes.Here for the most part all code is...

OK thank you for that info,were quite specific here in Canada for the most part.For sure if you go to the plumbing wholesale here and ask for 3 inch copper pipe you will have a seam and as far as i can gather you want a seamless piece of copper for the outer shell of the boiler.(mind you as far...

Some tube has no seam - that would be seamless tube, other, on close inspection, has - it can be a trap! The biggest problem is most people have no idea at all that there is a difference between the two. and looking in my manual there are three standards listed for the Australian standard...

**Remember that US K, L, M copper tube is 1/8" over nominal dimension so a 3" tube will actually be 3.125"OD.** Thanks I had forgotten that were .125 bigger here silly if you ask me,make a real pain if anybody ended up with the other continents fittings lol. Cant ever really trust the...

This is how it goes tube is seemless and is referred to by letter for thickness no matter the diameter.(sometimes also by actual thickness in decimals alto not usually with tubing,in plumbing anyway cant speak for other trades)Pipe on the other hand has a seam and is usually referred to by...

tube has no seam.....its drawn.....pipe has a seam.And I have the charts for pressure to heat for copper tube and pipe up to 4 inch.3 inch L type (wall thickness .090) can withstand over 400 psi at 200 deg f.And if anyone wants all that info on hand I recomend the I.P.T pipe trades handbook...

Thanks alot for that info,Saved me lots of messing around trying to find out why it wouldent work properly lol:)

Hi all just a quick question what type of copper tube do you use for the boiler body?There seems to be confusion over what seems to be called "pluming copper" what ever that is..... I'm a plumber I should have heard of it lmao.ALL PLUMBING TUBE IS PURE COPPER.anyways in Canada we by the tube...

Thanks for all the info guys ,What really sold me was the fact that i went to the local china tool outlet here called princess auto and they had the mini on the shelf for 450$ new so i would say I'm gonna go with that for now and see how it goes.I'm sure ill get it running smoothly in no time...

hey everyone first post here ,just wondering if anyone has had experience with grizzly tools.I was looking at purchasing the G0602 10" x 22" Bench Top Metal Lathe from them.I'm having a hard time getting feed back on there stuff and wanted to know about the quality and accuracy plus the shipping...

Hey everybody just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself.getting started on my first project and gettin ready to start getting materials together. seeing lots of nice projects on here and hoping to add mine to the mix soon looking forwards to lots of fun, seems like a smart bunch of...