Stainless Steel Bulkheads 1/2" NPT internal threads

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Hi Pickles, Noob here just setting up. Love to get 6 of these after pricing similar through McMaster. Paypal today if that suits you.

Cheers!

thumbdrum said:

Hi Pickles, Noob here just setting up. Love to get 6 of these after pricing similar through McMaster. Paypal today if that suits you.

Cheers!

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Yeah, a comparable one from McMaster-Carr will run you $95 each (Item # 6696K59); actually theirs has only a max wall thickness of 3/8". Not that it really matters for most all of our applications.

Funds coming your way. Thanks!

Quite a few people have contacted me expressing interest in some of these; I just wanted to let you guys know I'm down to less than half of them left.

Received in a timely manner, as described.
Thanks pickles!

Thanks! Glag you like them.

Check your pm!

Thanks again.

Hey Pickles- how many of these do you have left? I might be interested in a couple more, and I have a buddy who might want a few. I can pick up locally again for all of them.

Thanks!!!

got my bulkheads. they are great quality and they arrived well packaged in a timely manner. buy with confidence.

SomedumbJerk said:

got my bulkheads. they are great quality and they arrived well packaged in a timely manner. buy with confidence.

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Ditto! Just got home to see mine waiting for me, they are super-nice!

Thanks again for sharing the bulk-lot!

Mine came in also. Thanks, Pickles for the great deal!

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the bulkheads arrived yesterday, and they are awesome. thanks for a great buy

Was about to place an order at BF when I saw this ad.
Not a big DIY'er...so thanks in advance for the help! I am confused why McMstr wants such a high price for something that seems so similar to the inexpensive weldless bulkheads on the brewing supply sites. Can someone explain the difference?

I just bought 3 blingmanns and want to add return line bulkheads. Are these overkill for that purpose? or a crazy good deal? i suspect just a QD external, and something Wayne (BF's) makes for recirculation interior...

These are from surplus medical equipment so they are machined to tight tolerences from solid pieces of 316 stainless steel. A lot of the cheap ones are made from 304 SS and usually cast. The 316 SS and quality of construction make them perfect for industrial and medical application, for our purposes 304 is sufficient. These are certainly good enough to use as bulkheads on your kettles. As for the price, it is a crazy good deal for these specific bulkheads. I got them at a good price and am passing it along to fellow HBT'ers.

so some are still available?

Yep I still have some left. Pm me if your interested.

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Thanks for the quick shipping and great packaging. The bulkheads came in and they are of great quality. Trying to drill my holes now for them, but it is going slow...

Slow speed, high pressure and lube on stainless or you will harden the ss and then it's really tough to drill.

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Thanks for the quick shipping and great packaging. The bulkheads came in and they are of great quality. Trying to drill my holes now for them, but it is going slow...

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Chrislehr - your PM box is full.

yea, fixed now - sorry about that. Stupid having a limit of 5 and sent saved on by default

I suppose I could pay soon and fix that.

Also, freaked me out seeing your friend here is "lehr" - made me double take.

It's a small world. Are you two related?

Just received my order. wow, these are really Heavy Duty! thanks so much for the great deal!

Pickles, do you have any left? Would like to pick up a few local if possible. I'm in the Dublin and UA areas daily. PM me and see if we can work something out. Looking for 4. Thanks

Beesy - PM sent, i have about a dozen left.

PM sent for 6

Pickles, just got mine today...awesome, thanks for the quick ship!!!

Opened my second shipment of them today, thanks Pickles. They look great.

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Pickles:
I'm using mine in a configuration where I plan for the fitting to be able to rotate. The seals with the bulkheads are a little big for this. While they are sized for the 3/4" threads, where they sit in the groove made for the seals, they are a little loose, so when I try to rotate the fitting, it bulges out on one side. Pics of my configuration are here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/stainless-ic-whirlpool-additions-my-brew-kettle-cheap-182324/
Can you give me a part # or any other info for the BUNA seals so that I can try to find a smaller one? Or advice for retaining the seal? This should not be a problem for a static bulkheads.
Looking at McMaster Carr, i was thinking this might do the trick, although they are only sold in packs of 100 part #4061T234
http://www.mcmaster.com/itm/find.AS...DtlLink&fasttrack=False&searchstring=4061T234

I'm onmy wayhome from vacation at the momoent. Ill be home about
9pm and will get the info off of the packaging.

It seems I would need something tighter than the black seals but thicker than the red silicone seals. I found a few other options that come in smaller quantities.

I ordered these compressible teflon gaskets 95665K41:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/3446/=7mnljs

and these firm teflon gaskets 9483K22:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/3445/=7mnm3o

both are food safe and good to over 400 degrees.

I haven't had a chance to install either yet, so i don't know which one works better.

Sent you a PM

Just want to publicly thank pickles for sending me a new nut for the bulkheads I bought from him. One was damaged upon receiving and he replaced it at no charge. You are a stand-up guy. Thanks.

Pickles:
Any word on those part #s?

Any more left pickles?

+Sorry guys, It's a 215 Buna-N o-ring. That means the inside diameter is 1-1/16" ID.

Troubs - I have a few left.

I just found Oringsandmore.com yesterday from one of Bobby_M's posts and they have the best prices around and cheap shipping. O-ring #'s are standardized so they are easy to cross reference.