6 Jun
2004
6 Jun
'04
9:31 a.m.
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, R. D. Davis wrote:
True, but those who live in those flimsy new houses
seem to forget
that others do live in real houses that were built to last more than
twenty-five years or so. As a result, some hardware stores don't even
stock basic household hardware for some older houses like door knobs
with a square threaded shafts connecting the knobs, selling some sort
of newfangled doorknob mechanisms instead.
But you do not often need to replace the square shaft ones,
unless you've left the setscrew loose and stripped it,
or chipped one of the glass ones.
From what I've read, the new black iron pipe
isn't threaded,
I've always bought the long lengths of it unthreaded.
That's what Ridgid pipe threading dies are for.
But, It's more convenient to buy the really short
pieces ("nipples") already threaded.
Still, these days, you need to sift through the entire
stock to find some with GOOD threads.