Painted em' with some stuff kids can eat off their cribs,even in Californicatia
This old pipe vice likely heard the gunfire from the OK Corral disagreement in general principals, and etiquette. Bought it at an estate sale in Benson, many a year back, along with a kinda' creepy embalming table.
It certainly needs a bushing or two, before tackling anything bigger than 1" PVC
The doubled up Merchant Couplings are fitting up as planned, and putting the individual pipe joints really close to original length.
I gave up on "tidy" masking after doing it once. WTF is gonna' SEE the damn things,....and the water won't care, will it?
Thanks "CJ", over at KBC Tools in Fullerton Cal. This dead nutsy Polish 1" NPS die nut showed up right at Noon ( the overnight freight costing more than it's VERY reasonable price.) By 4:00, after a quick lunch, and some unrelated chores I'd thrown together this holder, and was shaving the Original male NPT ends down to a good stronger NPS.
This particular die puts a really nice coned shoulder on the completed cut, which engaged the spec, cone in the couplers well.
Tomorrow AM, a friend's bringing over a Rigid threader, and we'll thread the ends where the original female bells were cut off in McNasty Lathe.
I'm bushed,
....later.
GTC