Water-cooled spindle tubing

[JAZZCNC]

Any pipe will do but are you sure the connectors are 10mm.? This seems little on large side for these spindles.

Personaly I remove these and fit Air line pushlock connectors and use 6mm air pipe.

[d4cnc]

Great.. thanks guys.. I've put in the tube I have here..


Yes the spindle tubing on there at the moment is smaller in diameter, but as it's not long enough and I want to bring it to a computer radiator anyway, I thought I'd couple it on to a larger diameter tube.

[cropwell]

Hi Guys,

This thread reminded me that when I tried to fit the water pipe I could not get the collar to engage with the thread to clamp down the pipe. I put the problem to one side, to sort it out when I installed the spindle. Deans remark about changing the connectors to air hose ones made me think I might be able to use the push fit connectors as on the right of the picture. but the thread to the spindle body is not 1/8 NPT as it has an outside diameter of 7.5mm. Anybody got any suggestions as to what it might be ?

Cheers,

Rob

[AndrewMawson]

If you can measure the TPI (threads per inch) of the thread it will make identification much easier - google a few thread charts such as :

http://mdmetric.com/tech/tict.htm

[JAZZCNC]

Can tell you exactly what it is. . . . . M8 x 1mm Fine thread.

[cropwell]

Spot on mate, I just went to the workshop and checked it with a M8 x 1.00 die. Well at least I can make some adapters, if I can't buy them.

Cheers,

Rob

[Lee Roberts]

If anyone is looking for the fitting Jazz is recommending here's a link to some on ebay:

High Pressure Metal Push-in Fittings for Air or Central Lubrication Systems Tube

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/271182576634

Look a bit posh and a bit pricey at 3.50 a pop, not sure if Dean has a better price?

.Me

[JAZZCNC]

Look a bit posh and a bit pricey at 3.50 a pop, not sure if Dean has a better price?

The link I gave is cheaper http://airaccessories.fluidfittingss...49000a00050001