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.
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.
I made a pipe up to test it.
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
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.
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.
I made a pipe up to test it.
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