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Gooserider · 03-15-2004, 07:21 PM

As an economy measure, if you are just tapping into plastic, try getting a steel fitting of the appopriate thread (perhaps an air line fitting?) and filing a groove or two along the length of the threads. This will make a very good 'poor man's tap' for soft materials (brass might work, but is probably not going to take a good edge the way steel will.) This will also work with a regular bolt for cleaning up buggered threads in many materials.

You should also use some sort of teflon tape, plumbers dope, or other sealant on the threads, this will greatly reduce the odds of getting slow leaks.

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03-15-2004, 07:21 PM	#15
Gooserider Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Billerica, MA, USA Posts: 451	As an economy measure, if you are just tapping into plastic, try getting a steel fitting of the appopriate thread (perhaps an air line fitting?) and filing a groove or two along the length of the threads. This will make a very good 'poor man's tap' for soft materials (brass might work, but is probably not going to take a good edge the way steel will.) This will also work with a regular bolt for cleaning up buggered threads in many materials. You should also use some sort of teflon tape, plumbers dope, or other sealant on the threads, this will greatly reduce the odds of getting slow leaks. Gooserider __________________ Designing system, will have Tyan S2468UGN Dual Athlon MOBO, SCSI HDDS, other goodies. Will run LINUX only. Want to have silent running, minimal fans, and water cooled. Probably not OC'c