On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:17:51 +0000, me9 wrote:

On 1 Jan,
John Stumbles wrote:

regular 22mm olives (but thicker: if I get them mixed up I just try them
on a bit of pipe - 22mm olives on 22mm pipe: snug; 3/4" on 22mm: wobbly;
22mm on 3/4 pipe: no go)

Isn't 3/4 pipe slightly smaller than 22mm?

D'oh!

Normal 22mm olive on old 3/4" imperial pipe = wobbly
3/4" conversion olive on 22mm pipe = no-go.

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