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Just love these macho threads .. :)

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I was actually about to domesticate it, I was going to suggest I get the steel and ask Mel to stick it in a pan and pretend she was boiling an egg, it would definatley be reinforced steel when it comes out :D

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Looks like your going to have to get that made specially I think, I was thinking of pipe flanges and there not usually so deep, we deffo won't have anything like that

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Hope she's not looking in ..:rolleyes:

Carry on guys .. can't help of course.

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I suspected as much :(. Cheers Ken

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What is it made of?

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Well it looks and feels like metal, thats the extent of my knowledge :D

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Is it steel or brass ?

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It looks more like steel but not sure

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Thats good , cause you can't harden brass .

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just a suggestion , check the compatability of the size with a steel-piping handbook , maybe easiest way to go is a welding a schedule 80 stub onto a long-neck flange ( all depends on the diameter ) welding time is a lot cheaper than machine shop time ......good luck

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Give the Training 2000 in blackburn a ring they have welders and turners there and will do one off for a small fee when i was there i made a pair of 5ft long car ramps and a set of axil stands for someone they only charged £30 for the lot as its practice for them on training.
not sure if they still do it as its a while ago but worth a go

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We don't know what schedule 80 is in the UK. Except those of us that have to work on some abysmal American equipment, went to the moon my backside.

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It does not look like steel. See if a magnet sticks to it. If it does I can weld it back together for you. I suspect it is some nasty aluminium type casting.

A couple of years ago I could have had that welded back together again for you. Come to think about it I still might be able to.

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Looks like your'e right Mr Expert :D. Magnet says NO, so must be aliminium.