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  1. 01-31-2020, 07:08 AM #1
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    Default Dowel for putting fittings to droplines.

    So, I was having a hard time gripping 5/16 tubing when installing fittings, I can only guess that 3/16 would even be worse.
    I took a old snow shovel handle and cut pieces varying in length from 3 1/2"-5". I then drilled a hole through the center with a 11/32 drill. After that I bored in on each end about 1' with a 3/8 drill. This 3/8 hole makes room for the bulge that occurs when the fitting is installed. After that I sawed the dowel in 1/2 and then Duct taped it together to form a hinge. 2 nights ago I did 100 drops in less than a half hour.

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    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
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    Novel idea - thanks for sharing! How aggressive are the barbs on those spouts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ennismaple View Post
    Novel idea - thanks for sharing! How aggressive are the barbs on those spouts?
    I would rate them as very aggressive. I should have noted, Those 100 drops I did, I was in the kitchen and I put the ends in the sink that was filled with hot water. I did the spout end first and then flipped the tubing so the other end would warm up for the T installations.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
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    That's really slick! Thanks for sharing your invention!
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    Quote Originally Posted by littleTapper View Post
    That's really slick! Thanks for sharing your invention!
    Maybe I should make 1 out of copper and hook up my battery drill battery to it to generate some heat to the tubing, now wouldn't that be something?
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
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    Please make a video if you do that! Ha!!!
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    2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
    2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
    2018 - ...a few more taps.
    2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
    2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)
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    Good Job on the tubing tool!
    Keep boiling!
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    Necessity is the mother of invention!!
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    Fantastic


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    As of now the only change I would make is using hot orange duct tape because of dropping them in the woods.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
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