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Amongst the taps that were in the old FORD parts box....was a "set" of pipe thread taps....ranging from this 1/4" NPT For 1/4" pipe...then there was this.. 3/8" NPT....anyone ever run 3/8" pipe? But wait, there was more.. Everyone has seen 1/2" pipe, right? and , maybe this next one? 3/4" pipe? Imagine the tap wrench for that...but, wait..there was one more.. IF I read the markings correctly....this be an 1-1/2" pipe thread tap.... About the only use I'd have for these..is to "chase" bad threads on pipe clamps....otherwise, these need a home with someone who will use them... Still sorting through the "normal" taps....from 7/8" ( coarse and fine threads) on down.....maybe I could build a box to hold them and the rest of the tap & die tools? Didn't find any dies to match these Pipe thread taps....
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Today is clock day. I have built many clocks, cuckoo clocks, grandfather clocks, novelty clocks, etc. Each year I devote a day to changing batteries, setting chimes and adjusting DST, etc. There is one clock that is always a challenge. It used to be a Bulova battery chiming clock with swinging pendulum. I got it at a garage sale for $2. This thing is solid brass and weighs more than 10 lbs. When I got it home and opened it, the old batteries had corroded it so badly that all was ruined. I purchased a new battery chiming clock and replaced the old one. It did not look right without the pendulum. I purchased the swinging bell thing for an anniversary clock and placed an octagonal mirror behind it. (when I saw it, it was the perfect size, I couldn't believe I was so lucky.) This thing was extremely hard to work with because of its weight and available room to get my hands in. When I went to install it, the weight was troubling because I could NOT see the hole to hang it with. No wonder it was left on the wall and batteries never changed. I changed that quickly by reworking the hanger to be above the clock in plain sight, but not from below. My wife couldn't be happier with her chiming anniversary clock.
