[Public-list] Bronze NPS thread pipe cap source?

[Elaine and Brian Timmins]

Probably the easiest way is to leave the valve in place, and plug or short 
nipple & cap the inside end.
Regards,
Brian
ex#497
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel" <penokee at cheqnet.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:11 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Bronze NPS thread pipe cap source?


> Howdy Albergers,
>
> I've got a few through-hulls that are backed with either gate valves or
> ball valves that don't overly please me.  Some of the obvious "keepers"
> (such as the cockpit drains), I will replace with real seacocks, but as
> for the others, I'd love to be able to just cap them off right now (I
> will not use them but don't want to remove them and glass them over
> until I've had a chance to "live with it" for awhile to see what I want
> to do).
>
> In searching the archives for "thu hull," I notice that a couple of
> people (Mike Lehman and also the owner of "Strayaway Child," I happen
> to remember) mentioned getting bronze pipe caps and capping off the
> through-hulls.  This would be the *perfect* solution for some of mine
> right now; but search as I might, I simply *cannot* find NPS threaded
> bronze pipe caps.  I can find them with NPT threads till they're coming
> out my ears, but of course those don't match the NPS of through hulls,
> and so will only engage a scary few threads at the very top.
>
> I've tried McMaster Carr, Hamilton Marine, Port Supply/West, Jamestown,
> and probably a few others that I can't recall at the moment.  In one
> web search I found a large gas-pipe company that had NPS bronze caps,
> but only in 2" size, alas.
>
> I'd be very grateful to know where anyone found the proper caps!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rachel
> 1967 Alberg 30, #221
>
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