axe_gashington
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Hello,
So I ordered a bunch of stainless steel fittings and ball valve for my mash tun and when I went to attach the ball valve to the nipple, low and behold it only turned about three times. I'm still left with around an inch of space and I can't get a seal because I can not tighten it down any further. I am using teflon tape as well. I emailed the guy I ordered it from and his answer was the nipple fitting threads when it threads and three turns is ideal. So far, I have thought of two different solutions and I wanted to get your guys' input. My first thought was "screw it I'll just grab a hacksaw and shorten one end". The next thought was "or I could get a bunch of washers and just space it". The last option is to just re-order a shorter one which would take time and extend my first all-grain batch another week. Thoughts, questions, insults?
So I ordered a bunch of stainless steel fittings and ball valve for my mash tun and when I went to attach the ball valve to the nipple, low and behold it only turned about three times. I'm still left with around an inch of space and I can't get a seal because I can not tighten it down any further. I am using teflon tape as well. I emailed the guy I ordered it from and his answer was the nipple fitting threads when it threads and three turns is ideal. So far, I have thought of two different solutions and I wanted to get your guys' input. My first thought was "screw it I'll just grab a hacksaw and shorten one end". The next thought was "or I could get a bunch of washers and just space it". The last option is to just re-order a shorter one which would take time and extend my first all-grain batch another week. Thoughts, questions, insults?