MikeCapon
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 06:35 PM |
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Plumbing big bottles to Clarke 151TE
First off I know I should be asking this on the mig welding forum but 1, I've forgotten my password and 2, I'm sure plenty of you know the
answer to this one.
So, how do you go about plumbing from a regulator on a big bottle to a 151TE?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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UncleFista
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:17 PM |
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One of these should do it. The thin plastic
pipe you use already plugs in the end of that 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
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James
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:21 PM |
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Just make sure it doesn't leak like mine and waste all your gas! 
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
One of these should do it. The thin plastic
pipe you use already plugs in the end of that
Thanks for that Tony. Just one predictably dim question. What's the 3/8" BSP or ¼" BSP choice about? My reg has just got a single
barb push on + jubilee clip end on it and the thin plastic pipe is just that, a thin plastic pipe? I hate all this non metric stuff. Every time I end
up with a choice of sizes I almost invariably get it wrong.
Thanks,
Mike
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UncleFista
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:43 PM |
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Errr, I don't know....
I bought my reg at the same time and I "think" the threaded bit screwed into the reg, I'm not sure and I'm not where the
welder is ATM.
I'd take my reg in and ask 
[Edited on 8/4/10 by UncleFista]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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40inches
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 08:27 PM |
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"What's the 3/8" BSP or ¼" BSP choice about? My reg has just got a single barb push on + jubilee clip end on it and the thin
plastic pipe is just that, a thin plastic pipe?"
You should find that the barb on your reg is held on with a nut (3/8th or 1/4 Bsp), one end of the adaptor hose should already be fitted with a barb
and nut to screw on to reg, the other end of adaptor hose has a push in fitting for the small tube to push into.
1/4 BSP nut should have a thread bore of around 11.5mm, 3/8 BSP around 15mm.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 08:16 AM |
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Here's a photo of the reg I've got. The gas outlet is threaded directly into the body of the reg with what looks (maybe) to be a tapered
thread with an OD of approx 10mm. The nut part is pretty well 11mm across flats. The outlet is 5mm with a max OD on the barb of 6.5mm. Any ideas??
If not I've got a length of oxy/acetylene pipe which fits the barb a treat. I'll just cook up an adaptor to marry that to the thin placcy
pipe. Does this sound OK?
 
regulator111
PS 40inches, is that a TD2B??????
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coozer
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 08:23 AM |
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Yes, it does sound OK
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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40inches
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 09:38 AM |
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Looks like 1/8th BSP, I think plan B is OK, I have simply pushed the small bore tube into the large bore on one of my welders and it holds OK, not a
lot of pressure in the tubing at that end.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 05:26 PM |
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Thanks guys. Plan B it is then.
All that remains is 40inches response to the question under the photo
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