This seems to be an ancient thread come to life - but the subject is interesting. Looking on the CEJN website they quote Couplings Male thread...
Hi Rob, I quite like the not-very-powerful part - even my beginner's mistakes don't cause too much damage or remove too many fingers. Cheers Murray
This is my first half-way successful attempt at small hole drilling. The drill is a 0.3mm drill drom the usual MicroBox. I drilled a through-hole...
Thanks William - I rechecked with the thread gauges and by measuring the pitch from the attached image with GIMP and got 24 TPI with the gauges...
Thanks for that - so many thread forms and standards, so little time. The SAE 3/8-24 with the 45 degree seat is certainly pretty close to the my...
Interestingly Penberthy's patent 3,900,281 is available online, but the claim is for the bottle connection and pump only as far as I see at a...
Agreed - it might be 3/8-24 UNF or something similar, and it would look pretty much the same...
I've been trying to measure the thread on an MSR GK jet - but I'm as blind as a bat and not good with thread gauges. The Pitch looks like 1mm to...
Not for many years unfortunately. I met him at a Bendigo Swap Meet long ago - about the time my wife started to complain that the house was...
I know this is also a well-covered topic and I'm conscious of teaching my granny to suck eggs... For what it's worth, I pass on the technique I...
I'm sure this is a well worn topic but this might be of interest. It is a set of moulds made for me by Handi-Albert , long ago. The moulds are...
I think what I use is a 4.5mmx0.5mm tap mail order from E J Winter http://www.ejwinter.com.au/tooling.html Cheers Murray
Last night I watched a video called 90 degrees South which had footage taken by the expedition cinematographer of Scott and companions setting up...
As it happens my KAP Arctic does this too - still haven't taken any pictures :oops: I had to pack the base of the burner with brass gauze which...
I'll try and take some photos at the weekend. There may still be a few spare parts for sale from KAP, last time I checked they still had the fuel...
The one on a KAP Arctic is at the burner. There is a stop valve in the connector so that there is only a small spray of kero if disconnected under...
The small tube has a conical plug on the end. there is a soft (aluminium or copper) olive fits inside the burner. The plug is forced in by a nut...
I just wrap it round and it gets compressed by the packing nut. If you email me your address I'll send you a couple of inches of tape so you can...
Down here in Victoria, the local bearing shop ordered me in some graphite tape (Merkel Grafiflex) 10mm width. the box says Reingraphit -...
Personally I think a 111 with a Nova burner should be a great stove... I have a kero 111 and a 111c - I think the new version should be the equal....
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