Hi: I think that the issue might be that either the fittings are slightly tapered, or that the quality of manufacture may leave slight burrs on the fittings. If they are big enough examine them internally with a finger prior to the test assembly phase. They are designed to have a tight fit of course!
David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: 31 October 2007 04:33 To: BlindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Follow-up To PVC Question For The Experts Hi all, Thanks to everyone for their help on my PVC question. I got a lot of useful information from the various replies. I'm afraid, though, that I might not have made myself very clear. Whenever I do a job using PVC, the first thing I do is measure everything as carefully as I can and then I cut all my PVC pipe. I then sand down the edges of each pipe to help it slide into the appropriate fittings. Then I dry fit all the pipes and fittings together to make sure everything is correct. Here's where my problems begin. When dry fitting everything together, many of my pieces of pipe do not slide completely into the various fittings. The pipe will slide into a fitting about half way and then bind up. They bind up so tightly, sometimes, that I have a hell of a time pulling them apart. This being the case, when looking at a project that has just been dry fitted, it looks like many of my pieces of pipe are a little too long. This is because the pieces have not completely slid into the fittings at each end of the pipe. Once glue is applied to the pieces of pipe, however, the pipe has no trouble sliding completely into the fitting, almost as if it were lubricated. That's why I asked if there was some acceptable amount one could subtract from each pipe measurement that would allow the pipes to dry fit better to give a better representation of what the final project would look like. This can't be too much of a fudge factor because the pipe lengths in the final result might appear to be a bit short. Possibly, I'm asking the wrong question. Probably what I should be asking is if there is something that I can do to get my PVC pipe pieces to slide completely into the various fittings during the dry fit step so that I get a very accurate representation of what my project will look like once it's flued together. If this is still clear as mud, please ask any questions you might have. I'm sure, once I get over this hurdle, my plumbing projects will improve a great deal. Again, any help greatly appreciated. Take care, Ed To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1098 - Release Date: 29/10/2007 09:28 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1098 - Release Date: 29/10/2007 09:28 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
