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09-15-2003, 07:15 PM | #1 |
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where can i find taps for large diameters?
i wanted to tap the barbs into my next top, so i got some of there things. they're called 3/8 fittings, but they are 1/2" ID. this is the closest thing to true 1/2" we have in hardware stores in this retarded country. anyway, so i go to the drill bit isle, and surprize surprize, they dont have taps that big! i went to home depot, lowes and advance auto parts. no one has shit. how do y'all tap things that big? do i have to order a special tap for this?
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09-15-2003, 09:18 PM | #2 |
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jtsmachine has them, I know that. are you looking for 3/8 NPT or BSP? I beleve its BSP?
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09-15-2003, 10:22 PM | #3 |
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you might want to try www.mcmaster.com
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09-15-2003, 10:31 PM | #4 |
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i just had an idea as i was looking at your pic. the fitting looks like 3/8 npt close, how about you get a pack of 3/8 npt to 5/8 brass barbed fittings to replace those 3/8 closes, so that way you get true 1/2 flow plus hose bars for better leak proofing.
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09-16-2003, 06:09 PM | #5 | |||
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You've got a tapered pipe fitting. Very common in the plumbing industry. Technically it's a 3/8" NPT (National Pipe Tapered) nipple.
If I understand it right, you want to attach your hose to the fitting directly? It's going to be really hard to seal the tubing that way. Quote:
Here's a picture of a fitting from one of the big chain store that I had left over from an earlier watercooling project: This is the style, but smaller ID than I used on my latest project. I ordered the larger ID fittings from McMaster. Here's the Link to the catalog page. I used the 91465K181 1/2"hose ID x 1/4" pipe size brass hose barb. Quote:
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09-17-2003, 02:54 PM | #6 | |
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09-17-2003, 04:23 PM | #7 |
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My god man... if you wore your levi's that tight,you got bigger problems than pipe fittings.
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09-23-2003, 09:00 PM | #8 | |
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09-23-2003, 10:30 PM | #9 |
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Oh.. thats not levis. Thats his girlfriends chest.
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09-24-2003, 06:58 PM | #10 |
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just sold a tap and die 3/8 NPT set on ebay...too bad you missed it. Try ebay though, where I have bought my taps.
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09-24-2003, 09:40 PM | #11 |
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Ok, so I have 1/2 inch ID tubing. I need 1/2 inch barbs right? And what size of tap do I need? What size of hole should I drill?
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