Re: Mounting PVC Fitting for Boring
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Bull.... Overheating / burning it is a problem you want to avoid for more and bigger reasons than some fumes.
Heat it by immersion in boiling water.
Ventilation is also welcome, always, for many reasons as well.
So yeah, don't lock yourself up in an airtight room to burn some PVC. That would be just as stupid as it sounds.
Be sensible, the rest is fearmongering.
Careful when heating PVC... It gives off nasty fumes
On 10/27/2024 7:00 AM, Pierre-Raymond Rondelle via wrote:
> I can confirm that Mario's method is an excellent one.
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> In addition, if you want to restrain the diameter, use a glass jar into you push
> the elbow in after hot air heating it. Don't use a flame, it may damage the PVC
> and/or give a poor result. You also may turn a piece of metal tube at the
> required dimension. Keep in mind that in this case the metal tube shall also be
> heated otherwise it will be difficult to restrain a plastic tube being cooled by
> the cold tube during the operation.
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> I used these two methods a lot of times and it always worked. If the result
> isn't what you wanted, heat it again and it will almost recover its original
> shape :-)
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> It also works well on nylon tubing. I purchased 3/8" tube for my compressed air
> distribution and it happened to be 10mm. My fittings were 3/8". Instead of
> wasting time with a new order, I restrained the nylon tube using the second
> method. No leak @ 8 bars for at least12 years.
>
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> On 27.10.24 02:38, mario mohl via wrote:
> > Better still. Turn a wood dowel to the desired ID and use it to expand the PVC
> > after slightly heating it
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