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

[peter fels]

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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