On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 03:49, you wrote:
> You'd need a boss welded into the side of the drum. There is no way
> you could tap a hole in the 1.2mm steel of a 45gallon drum. You would
> drill the hole, braze or weld the boss into the side, then tap the boss.
>
> Hugh
One way you can do it is to use a sink drain (the brass fitting in a basin.)
Pick one you can knock the cantre out of, & clean up the edges. Find a fibre
washer because the rubber one will rot, & cut a hole in the side of the drum
to fit the item. (The overall size must fit thru the big bung on top) To get
the item fitted, feed a wire from the big bung hole, & thru the new hole.
Slide the new fitting down the wire, then it can be extracted out the new
hole with a finger. Fit washer & nut (may need a spacer so nut dosen't run
out of thread) & voila! a drain is fitted to the bottom of your drum with no
welding!
If a bigger drain is needed that won't fit thru the bung hole, a bigger
hole
could be cut in the top, then later a plate screwed over it (would be useful
for cleaning anyway)
Hope this helps,
Doug
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