I would not buy any bronze from west marine that I could find elsewhere..they jack up prices in the range of 300 to 500%. If you live in a seaport of any kind.. hit up a local yard and see who they order in quantity from.. or a large shipyard if one is within reasonable distance.. OR you can call someone like Grocco and direct order.. much, much cheaper. 'b.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Norm of Bandersnatch < [email protected]> wrote: > > > West Marine has bronze pipe fittings. > > Bronze has a reddish hue instead of the yellow hue of brass and is > sometimes called "red brass". > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bob Johnson <[email protected]> > > To: Liveaboardnow <[email protected]> > > Date: 2/10/2009 3:05:15 PM > > Subject: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion > > > > Norm's response to the thread on Bromine tablets in the AC strainer > brought > > up another related question. My Yanmar saildrive has a raw water seacock > > that is a machining marvel in that the seats are machined so as not to > use > > aby gasket or o rings on the seating surfaces. The problem is that it is > too > > good for the application and I can not trust it to be fully closed > because > > of the pressure required to seat it. I'd like to replace it with a ball > > valve but would need a short nipple to do so. Seems that bronze nipples > are > > not made as all I can find in the local and online chandleries is brass. > It > > would appear that I'd be changing one set of problems for another. Does > > anyone know of a source for bronze pipe? > > > > Bob > > PDQ 36 > > Peace > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- It's not about the boat it's sails or rigging. It's about the freedom. http://www.slideshare.net/jacko91/these-are-my-credentials/ http://fisherhouse.org/ http://www.specialops.org/ "We are the guardians of a great faith. When we believe that freedom offers the best chance of peace and prosperity for all, and our desire for peace cannot be seperated from our believe in liberty." Harry S. Truman "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain
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