Air manifold with 1/8" British Standard Parallel Pipe thread

[Martin W]

JB weld, JB weld, JB weld- say the magic words and click your calipers together 3 times

There’s where I went wrong I forgot to click my calipers together. Lol
JB weld worked to get it up and working overnight on Thursday, but I couldn’t get enough crush on the washers and it was still leaking, but useable. Once the tap comes I’ll weld up the port and re-tap
Thanks
Martin

 

[Dave Smith]

Martin,
just drill out the port for a 1/4" pipe tap and tap it with a pipe tap. then use a solid 1/4" pipe plug and drill a hole in the plug and tap to your fitting specs.
Dave

 

[Martin W]

Martin,
just drill out the port for a 1/4" pipe tap and tap it with a pipe tap. then use a solid 1/4" pipe plug and drill a hole in the plug and tap to your fitting specs.
Dave

Another great idea. Thank you.
Cheers
Martin

 

[Larry$]

Martin, what kind of work do you do with the woodworking equipment? I'm retired from that business.

 

[Martin W]

Hi Larry
We do commercial millwork. Mostly schools, hospital, retail stores, retirement homes, ect. A lot of laminated casework. It is getting harder to quote projects, as the price of materials seems to increase daily.
Cheers
Martin

 

[Firstram]

Martin,
just drill out the port for a 1/4" pipe tap and tap it with a pipe tap. then use a solid 1/4" pipe plug and drill a hole in the plug and tap to your fitting specs.
Dave

This all day long. I would leave it 1/4 NPT and source of fitting from McMaster Carr that fits your tubing size.

 

[Larry$]

Martin, My shop does pretty much the same thing. We used to primarily do store fixtures but that has really taken a hit. PM me if you'd like to trade thoughts.