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Grant Erwin wrote:

Most torches I've owned have 9/16-18 threads for connection to the welding
hose
(RH for oxygen, LH for fuel). I recently bought a used torch which had little
red plastic caps over the exposed 9/16" threads. I thought that was a great
idea, protecting the threads. Anyone know where I can buy these little
plastic
caps designed to fit over torch threads?

GWE
Seattle area

Around here, while the caps DO protect the threads, the more important
protection they provide is keeping out mud-wasps while the unit isn't
threaded onto the hoses. Leave something with a roughly 1/8 to 1/2 inch
hole in it undisturbed for more than a couple of days, and unless it's
parked in an airtight compartment, you'll come back to find it packed
full of what amounts to concrete - Pitch it and get a new one - unless
you want to deal with ridiculous amounts of time trying (and almost
certainly failing) to get all the mud out of it.

As far as sources for the caps... shrug Take a wild guess, and/or ask
your torch supplier/maker. You *MIGHT* be able to use something like
that "tool-handle goop" - the red or blue plasticy/rubbery stuff that
you can dip tool handles into to put a coating on them - and a
sacrificial ('cause I've got no idea how well it'll come loose) piece to
"make your own".

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