[TheForge] OT -- 59 mm Acme thread fittings?

[Bruce Freeman]

That was a confusion I had too, for a while.  AFAIK, nobody uses the
Acme in this country -- I can't find them if they do.  But Acme and
buttress threads are very different.  If I had a critical application,
I'd just buy the fitting from Oz, but the price is so high that I'd
rather wait.  I can actually screw a 2" FPT fitting on over the Acme
threads for what I'm doing, but the seal is far from perfect.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:01 PM, ries <ries at riesniemi.com> wrote:
> 59mm acme is actually, strangely enough, a standard for IBC tanks.
> Although I think it might actually be a 60mm x 6 buttress-
> These guys sell some fittings in that size-
> http://www.irrigationwarehouse.com.au/category59_1.htm
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> so do these guys.
> http://www.axesspack.fr/accessoires-cuve-1000-litres-ibc
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> here are some 60mm buttress fittings-
> http://www.jmesales.com/item/160003/Greif-S60X6-Female-Buttress-x-2-Male-Npt-IBC-Valve.aspx
> and this company is actually in the USA- I would call them up and pick their brains on the subject.
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> ries
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> On May 31, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
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> Care to clarify?
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> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:50 PM, peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>> Sounds like an  invitation to an epoxy based conversion.
>>
>> On May 31, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone know anything about 59mm Acme threaded pipe fittings?  I have
>>> some IBC tote tanks I'm rigging up as a rainwater collection system,
>>> and most of these have an odd thread.  It looks like Acme thread,
>>> (about 2 5/16" = 59 mm OD), and I found references to such fittings
>>> from a couple of companies in Oz.  I'd like to find out what pitch the
>>> threads are, and whether there are any reasonably priced adapters
>>> available in the US.
>>>
>>> I really don't want to have to make these myself!
>>>
>>> I'm also wondering about those rubber hoses with hose clamps you see
>>> at Home Depot.  I don't seem to find one that would fit, but I could
>>> always use the idea with a nonstandard hose.  The question there is
>>> how to get a seal on male threads.  Putty?
>>> --
>>> Bruce
>>> NJ
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