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firebird

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Hi

Rummaging around under the bench at work the other day I came across old and worn pipe flaring kits. I took home what was salvageable and with a clean up and a bit of hammerite enough bits were made useable to build the set up again for 3/16 and 1/4 pipe apart from the OP.1 punch for 3/16 dia. pipe. Its a bit worn on the die threads but ok for home use.

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I made a new 3/16 punch. The damage to the old one on the right can be clearly seen with the new one that I made on the left.

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I made a pipe up to test it.

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My question is this. Is this type of joint acceptable for steam use (easier than fiddling around and soldering little brass unions) I would make and use brass nuts. Having made the punch for the 3/16 pipe I think it would be fairly straight forward to make a punch and die for 1/8 pipe or any size for that matter.

Cheers

Rich

 
I believe that it depends on the pressure. Mamod did something similar with their early engines, they used some sort of fitting.
 

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