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

[Bruce Freeman]

Sounds like a good idea.  I may give it a go.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:31 PM, peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>
> On May 31, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
>
>> Care to clarify?
>
> Given a non standard thread and a low pressure junction..
> Take a slightly smaller standard fitting with conveniently sized connections and liberally butter it with epoxy or silicon glue,
> Take the odd fitting, spray with a separating/non-stick stuff like silicon grease,
> Mould more epoxy over those threads and assemble.
> Unscrew when cured.
> Or just glue a convient sized nipple to the odd sized thread directly.
>>
>> 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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>> Bruce
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Bruce
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