plumbing tool question.
- Thread starter bobg03
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what is the OD of the pipe? a leather or rubber strap wrench would be my first try
PBCampbell
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I cannot make a good guess as to what a "MB" is, maybe give some more exact information as to what you are intending to do. If this is small tubing as in a residence I doubt you'll find a strap wrench that will work.
I'm thinking MB is main bathroom?
housewolf
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^^ I meant Master lol
yatg
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You're not allowed to say "master" anymore.
You're in Canada so we'll let it slide, this time.
nadogail
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Can you get a grip on what ever is screwed onto the end of the pipe? There are also Internal Pipe Wrenches that grip the interior of a pipe.
If a pipe unscrews as you are removing whatever is attached to the end of it, you can re insert it as you replace it.
If a pipe unscrews as you are removing whatever is attached to the end of it, you can re insert it as you replace it.
Jbullfrog
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Show us a photo, and we will give you better suggestions.
RTM
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If a strap wrench won’t work due to diameter being too small, some nice tacky thick rubber in the jaws of a small pipe wrench or pliers may work, test at your own risky, no warranty implied…….
Lassen Forge
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I thought MB was Mercedes-Benz... and then I'm wondering what kind of appliance...
Definitely a strap wrench - I used to use a chain wrench over a layer of rawhide to protect the finish, but that was a PITA.
Definitely a strap wrench - I used to use a chain wrench over a layer of rawhide to protect the finish, but that was a PITA.
Junkman
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Nice tool, but I doubt that he can buy one like that at his local hardware shop. I am old, really old, actually older than dirt, and I have never seen that tool before.
I have a professional plumber friend that has a similar although more recently made set of these. You have to be pretty desperate to sink the cash into it though as a DIY plumber... Even me, with a pretty bad habit of owning alot of tools i'll only use a few times and just put them on a shelf, I couldn't buy these... He got his through McMaster-Carr and I borrow it when i need it for personal use. A new handle and 1 size jaw is about $1k
housewolf
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Don’t feel bad, I did commercial plumbing for 45 years and I didn’t know that tool existed. There was a few times I could have used one. If we really needed to make some threaded chrome plated piping & fittings look nice we’d just sleeve the pipe after it was tight with a piece of chrome plated (brass) tubing. Use a ****** to tighten fittings. I only recall a couple of instances we had to do that.
Jbullfrog
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It usually works to snug the fitting tighter, then turn it loose.
four.cycle
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oh... you wanted a handle with that wrench? that'll be an additional $244.00
bwringer
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I use a chunk of rubber (old inner tube or similar) sprayed with brake cleaner to get the traction required on a shiny tube I don't want to screw up.
The brake cleaner cleans the rubber and the solvent attacks it a little and makes it nice and soft and sticky. Put a nice thick hunk of leather scrap over that to ensure it won't mar.
The order is:
tubular thing, stickified rubber, leather, jaws of wrench or vise.
A layer of stickified rubber also helps strap and chain wrenches get more traction and protect the surface. You probably don't want to stickify the strap wrench's belt material, but a layer in between can help.
The brake cleaner cleans the rubber and the solvent attacks it a little and makes it nice and soft and sticky. Put a nice thick hunk of leather scrap over that to ensure it won't mar.
The order is:
tubular thing, stickified rubber, leather, jaws of wrench or vise.
A layer of stickified rubber also helps strap and chain wrenches get more traction and protect the surface. You probably don't want to stickify the strap wrench's belt material, but a layer in between can help.