The faucet for our water filter broke and the new one had different plumbing than the old one. Rather than redo all the connections I made an adapter to go from the faucet (7/16”-24 UNF for a 1/4” compression fitting) to the tubing (3/8” compression fitting)
A piece of “medical grade” Pomalux Acetal Copolymer.
Center drilling
Drilling for the tap.
Tapping (under hand power…)
Drilling the rest of the way through 1/4”
Flipped in the chuck and turned down to 3/8” diameter for the compression fitting.
Milling a hex so I can get a wrench on it.
The finished adapter.
In place under the sink.
The new faucet on the sink. The picture makes me think I need to tear apart the whole kitchen counter.
Anyway, no need to drive to the hardware store, although I was lucky (or a good hoarder) to have the 7/16”-24 tpi tap on hand. It isn’t common.
Don't tear apart your sink. That'll take time away from machining projects!
ReplyDeleteYeah! it's good that you have those machines with you to make the adapter :-)
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