05-18-2012, 07:20 PM
This is an interesting subject, this evening when I went to fire up the propane "Barby" I noticed that at full open "heat this sucker up"
setting I was only getting a tiny little flame.
I deduced that the the regulator had given up the ghost.
An inventory check turned up a regulator with double outlets so I decided to "unscrew" the "exrtra" hose.
It broke off, it was a cast in barbed outlet.
Well, undaunted I decided to drill and tap where the broken off barbed fitting was . That done, I blew out all the cuttings (I hope) and put in a 1/8 NPT plug.
I installed the "new" regulator connected everything up and lit the "cue" up as it should lite.
Not a masterpiece of machining but an example of what knowledge, tools,inventory can do. Supper was delayed about 40 minutes and was delicious.
Not a very " Machinist " story but just another justification for what we do other than "pure" machining.
I enjoy keeping my wife "amazed".
setting I was only getting a tiny little flame.
I deduced that the the regulator had given up the ghost.
An inventory check turned up a regulator with double outlets so I decided to "unscrew" the "exrtra" hose.
It broke off, it was a cast in barbed outlet.
Well, undaunted I decided to drill and tap where the broken off barbed fitting was . That done, I blew out all the cuttings (I hope) and put in a 1/8 NPT plug.
I installed the "new" regulator connected everything up and lit the "cue" up as it should lite.
Not a masterpiece of machining but an example of what knowledge, tools,inventory can do. Supper was delayed about 40 minutes and was delicious.
Not a very " Machinist " story but just another justification for what we do other than "pure" machining.
I enjoy keeping my wife "amazed".
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.