X-Mozilla-Keys:                                                                                 
Jeff Spitzer wrote:

At 05:06 PM 10/1/99 -0700, you wrote:

These Wiggins couplings sound easy to make. I might be able
to promote an NC lathe and make up a couple of hundread
6061 T6 weldable ends and split clamps for 1.5 inch tubing.

Anybody interested?

I am.  I'm still not sure that the wiggins is the right answer though.
They have a wear mode where the clamp wears the pipe OD if they are used in
an application with constant movement.  I think this could be fixed with
some silicone or something.

Jeff Spitzer

Marv brought up another point and that is they have limited
flexability so you need to mount the rad to the engine more
or less so as the engine moves around so does the rad.
Not a show stopper for my application as I am going
to mount the rad below the engine anyway. Also thermal
pipe expansion must be accomodated so I will probably
increase the gap between both sides.

Paul Lamar
 
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