[AR] Re: Blank flare fittings

  • From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:00:17 -0700

Ben Brockert wrote:
> You can also weld normal AN fittings together to make new and weird
> fittings. A plug welded to a short nipple would accomplish what you're
> asking for.

Yeah - I'm pretty sure that the individual bits would be available as
separate fittings (i.e., 1/4" NPT pipe thread plug and AN-4 blank "cap";
why the need to have both on the same fitting? Is the plan perhaps to
start with a solid fitting and drill a small orifice or something?

-dave w



> 
> Or tap an AN-4 to 1/4npt nipple on the NPT side and screw in a socket
> cap screw to accomplish the same thing with hand tools and no welder
> or lathe.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Ed Kelleher
> <Pres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Are blank AN/JIC flare fittings available?
>>
>> Fittings with no holes through them.  Preferably aluminum.
>>
>> Like a male NPT union with a 1/4" tube flare on one end and a 1/4" NPT on
>> the other, but with no central hole?
>>
>> Ed Kelleher
>>
>>
> 
> 


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