What is the outside diameter of 5/16" tubing. Making my own tubing tool. Thank you!
5/16" Tubing OD
What is the outside diameter of 5/16" tubing. Making my own tubing tool. Thank you!
A check with my calipers showed right around 0.415 in.
Thank you artic fox, just what i needed to know.
2021 200 Bags and hopefully a tubing setup
2020 200 Bags 17 gallons and sold remaining sap
2019 232 Bags 35 gallons and sold remaining sap
2018 120 Bags 12 gallons
2017 75 Bags 8 gallons
2016 20 Bags
2015 10 Buckets
2014 5 Buckets
1 - Teenage Bag Hauler
LS XR4046 Cab Heat/AC
Husqvarna 562xp 372xp
Gravity Fed 3.5x7 Old Galvanized Pan on homemade cinder block arch
Totes for storage
.401 on one piece and .408 on another.
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!
make the diameter close to the larger, but have each half of the clamp less than half a circle. Then make them adjustable. Many who make the tools, including those producing for maple companies use the long nuts sold for all thread. They then run a slightly larger drill bit in about half way, to allow for tubing expansion as the fitting slides into the tubing. The other half usually gets the sharpness on the threads removed so it doesn't nick the tubing.
Last edited by maple flats; 01-21-2021 at 07:29 PM.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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