A useful tool for all you guys :o)

[sunandwindy]

Before I make it too easy for you all, does anyone know what these are in the pickie below?

[guydewdney]

hammer in pipe expander of some sort?

[Amy]

Pipe reamers. Not as fancy as mine but sure look like they can take a beating and not bust up.

[johnrae]

Well they're pink so must be for use by a woman, or the colour is bright to ensure they are not left in place.  They're well battered on the end so obviously subject to hammering.  The stepped o/d particularly the fact that it reduces in places is interesting., and I doubt the transverse holes are simply to hang them up by.   


Go on, give us a clue

[Amy]

Well actually,  on the one hand, there could be slight resemblance, but on the other hand, erm, NO. 

[Billy]

They are the ones that didn't work for BP.  One careful owner.   

Billy

 

[sunandwindy]

Ah... The pink paint!

Most of my tools have my name on them somewhere, however....

I was working in a plant room one day and then got called away, on my return I was looking round for the tool that I had left, or at least thought I had, but couldn't find it, then the other side the plant room I came across a contractor who was using what looked like my tool, so asked him if he had taken my tool? He said he hadn't, but his mate had, but instead of letting me have his tool to use until the return of mine, he said he'd get his mate to return mine when he next saw him  great I thought. So I thought if I painted all my tools a 'bright' colour I'd be able to instantly tell if it was mine or not and at least I can see the tools for all the other junk on the floor!

That's how the pink paint started, plus I had loads of spare time with that job.

[Amy]

Girly Barbie pink.

I like your thinking. That should deter most guys from wandering off with your tools, but remember the saying

Never lend your tools or your Mrs, they both come back in a very used condition. 

[Dave1]

Could you tell me the Dia of them as i think they might be, K1822 forming tool's for type B compression fittings. For Kuterlite 900 range of fittings.

Page 16 http://yorkshire-fittings.com/MEDIA/Downloads/15263411_6Compression_Fittings.pdf

Dave

[noelsquibb]

whenever my mate buys a new 'jack' handsaw, he paints the handle, badly, with black or brown paint.

Apparently this stops the random borrowers, who see a new saw and only have 'a couple of cuts to do',  cos it looks like an old saw with a dirty handle.

Not so good for spotting at the days end though.

[sunandwindy]

Some pretty good replies

Noel, I do deliberately try to make new tools look tatty, as they're less attractive to magpies, especially if you#ve kicked it around the floor straight after painting!

Anyway....

They're copper pipe swage tools for 15mm 22mm and converting 3/4" to accept 22mm.

By using these simple tools, they obviously save the cost of buying (ouch) couplers/sockets and reduces the potential for leads by half

A company I worked for had a swage tool that had an adjustable head on it, but it was pure luck as to what size you swagged too as there was no way to set it for various sizes, which is what gave me the idea for my set of swage punches.

I made a series of these swage punches until I got the correct diameters as they're now just the right diameter to have a reasonable slip fit of the two pipes without them being too loose or too tight.

The holes are used for tying them together, though on occasions its difficult to pull the swage out, so poke a screwdrive through it and pull.

I don't have dimensions at present, but if they're of interest to anyone I can sort out a drawing. Or if your local and have a chunck of your own material you can also use my lathe to make your own.

I didn't have any new pipe to demonstrate with, but the following images give you an idea of the joining process.

[daftlad]

So does it open up a 22mm to fit directly over a 3/4 or does it open up a 2/4 to fit into a 22mm coupler/ elbow etc?
I guess it only works on pipe that hasn't been fitted yot?
good work.
ta ta

[climber]

Nice job!

Not having a lathe, I bought myself one of these:

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/15mm-22mm-combination-socket-235-788?CAWELAID=205024487

saves a fortune on fittings.

[sunandwindy]

So does it open up a 22mm to fit directly over a 3/4 or does it open up a 2/4 to fit into a 22mm coupler/ elbow etc?
I guess it only works on pipe that hasn't been fitted yot?
good work.
ta ta

Can't remember which way round it was, though I have an idea the 22mm swage can be used on 3/4 and 22, and the other was 22 to 3/4.

I've used them with fixed pipes and loose. Though with fixed you do need to be careful you don't collapse any bends down stream.

[sunandwindy]

Nice job!

Not having a lathe, I bought myself one of these:

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/15mm-22mm-combination-socket-235-788?CAWELAID=205024487

saves a fortune on fittings.

After I made mine, my mate copied mine, but made his with a built in slide hammer, looks very similar to the plumb world one.