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

[ries]

Its true- I have so many unfinished projects that when you can just buy a fitting, I tend to do so. I also dont dig my own ore, or chop my own fire wood any more. I get a couple of cords deliverd, cut to length and split.

But certainly with plumbing, I have found that improvisation is not my strong point. Too many years of dealing with leaks usually has me buying plumbing parts that actually fit. 
I save my improv for things I can do better than a factory, not worse, and epoxying the wrong size fitting in has been, for me, one of those areas where my work somehow falls short of a nice premade thread...

But hey, thats just me- I maintain the dozen buildings on my 35 acres, so I get plenty of wiring, plumbing, glazing, carpentry, and miscellaneous repair opportunities.
I tend to just wanna get em done and move on to things I choose to work on, rather than jobs that choose me.

ries


On Jun 1, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

WOW Ries, what an improvisational wet blanket you are.

Jer
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> 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
> 
> 
> so do these guys.
> http://www.axesspack.fr/accessoires-cuve-1000-litres-ibc
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> ries
> 

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