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raddksn

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IMG_3019.jpegI’m having trouble finding this tee fitting in BSP taper.

Can anybody point me in the direction of a supplier of BSP fittings! I’ve been searching Amozon , and can find just about any other fitting!
 
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PCustoms

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IMG_3019.jpegI’m having trouble finding this tee fitting in BSP taper.

Can anybody point me in the direction of a supplier of BSP fittings! I’ve been searching Amozon , and can find just about any other fitting!
You want all threads to be bspt?
 

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mikegt4

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British Pipe threads are commonly used in country's using the metric system. In my working life I used to stock them for use in manufacturing machinery that went to our plants worldwide. Parker, McMaster, Grainger and similar industrial suppliers would have them. I even got some BSP fittings from Summit Racing for a Subaru that I was putting extra gauges in years ago.
 
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Jack Ryan

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British Pipe threads are commonly used in country's using the metric system.

In fact it was used in many of those countries even before they converted to metric.

Some BSP threads are similar to NPT - you just need to use a bigger spanner (like a bigger hammer, except for torque).

It's a bit like the Phillips/JIS thing.

Jack
 
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mikegt4

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Here are thread pitch differences, back in the day I could ID threads from 10 feet away, today I can't even ID a bolt (or fitting) from 10" away. I have to resort to a caliper and thread pitch gauge held up to a light in the background.
 

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CraigStu

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mikegt4 it ***** getting old doesn't it. I am similar at 76. Just yesterday I needed a small piece of 1/4" rod. I have plenty of various pieces of rod on a rack. I was pi$$ed at myself that I felt the need to grab a caliper to make sure I grabbed the right piece. I won't even get into the 6mm vs 1/4" problem.
 

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mikegt4 it ***** getting old doesn't it. I am similar at 76. Just yesterday I needed a small piece of 1/4" rod. I have plenty of various pieces of rod on a rack. I was pi$$ed at myself that I felt the need to grab a caliper to make sure I grabbed the right piece. I won't even get into the 6mm vs 1/4" problem.
or the 3/8 vs. M10 nor 5/16 vs. 8mm.

As others have mentioned: many countries used BSP when they industrialized within the Empire but did not switch pipe all pipe standards when they went metric. In reality NPT is really only used in North America whereas BSP in hydraulics is almost "rest of the world". Well...except: I am working on my M-F 1440V (Iseki from Japan) this winter and it's hydraulics have a mixture of NPT, BSP, DIN and JIS threads along with one standard I can't even identify.
 
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