Can I use my 5/16 two handed tubing tool for 3/16? Would it hold the 3/16 tubing tight enough.
3/16 tubing tool
Can I use my 5/16 two handed tubing tool for 3/16? Would it hold the 3/16 tubing tight enough.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
take 2 pieces of 5/16 tubing and cut it in half. hot glue them top and bottom of your 2 hand tool, and should be good to go. you maybe have to reglue as the piece may loosen. silicone to glue them in doesn't work so well...at least that was in my experience. I don't know what numbers on 3/16 you are talking about, but this technique worked for me on about 100 taps just to play around with it.
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Im going to try 250 to 300 on 3/16 with a 1 inch main line.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
I used an angle grinder and ground the jaws down. Only took a couple minutes. Now it will work for both 3/16 and 5/16.
860 taps/ 1/2 on 3/16
Leader 2x6 WSE with woodsaver blower
Deer Run Maple 500 RO
Or you can put some masking tape on the jaws and with adjusting, it will grip. Can then return to 5/16ths if you want to.
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