Recent content by 2grit

Uh oh, I'm in trouble

Maybe, now, the price will come down

Does your tube of 567 look like this? You write about it like it's epoxy with a catalyst. I'm looking at Loctite's website and it says good for 204 C or 400 F...

I'm assuming you mean ball valves etc. and this is total myth. The places to avoid Teflon tape is in gas piping, upstream from a gas valve, where a free floating piece of Teflon can plug an orifice. I've also done a lot of air controls and in many cases I avoid Teflon tape where a free floating...

You're comparing apples with oranges. 567 is pipe dope. 2046 is thread locker as in nuts and bolts. You're beating a dead horse here. I can see why people just give up trying to help AND you've still never answered my question. I do this stuff for a living and am damn good at it. I specialize in...

Loctite 567 is a pipe dope. thread sealant, whatever you want to call it. It's a trade thing, we call it all "pipe dope". Answer this question, are the fittings that are so loose, used or hand cut or are they factory new?

Glad you asked. I should note that there is one thing I have always hated about Loctite thread sealant, and that is having to unthread a joint after the sealant has set. It takes a lot of effort to unthread a joint after about 24 hours or more. This will work perfect for you. In the case of a...

Great advice on chasing threads. And to get a fellow pipefitter to agree with another is quite a feat!!!! Haha

Not at all. The Loctite contains Teflon itself and even if it didn't, the Teflon tape is still there doing it's job reducing metal on metal friction. Trust me, I have backed fittings off a lot and retightened and still get a seal. It works

I'm a pipefitter by trade and this is how you will never get a leak. Buy some Loctite 567 thread sealer (not cheap but works best of anything I've ever used). It is food grade. http://henkelna.com/us/content_data/140389_LT5086_FoodBevTL_Brochure_LR.pdf Apply 3-4 wraps of Teflon tape to the...

Good videos

Ditto to the above comments. I've been smoking meat for 25 years and thought I would give SMF a try. What a headache. Problem after problem and the egos some members possess are incredible. Unlike this forum which is amazing to say the least. First, I couldn't get any speed out of my computer...

You said "stainless steel tube of the same diameter" and I get exactly what you're trying to do here. I wouldn't pass copper tubing through the stainless welded tube. I would adapt directly to the stainless tube with an adapter that fits the copper tubing. If you did it with compression fittings...

What is the actual size of the stainless tubing you describe as "thumb-thick"? Why not weld a piece of stainless tubing to the wall of the kettle and adapt to that piece of stainless with copper.

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