charlie wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message
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Scott Lurndal wrote:
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IIRC, the purpose of the tape is to force the threads together more
tightly.
How would possibly physically do that being so soft as compared to metal?

it acts to reduce friction, thus allowing more torque to be applied to the
joint, thus allowing it to be tighter.

That's certainly secondary unless old, rusty threads and still not the
actual design purpose...

What it does is simply fill voids as does pipe dope in a more convenient
form factor...
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it does that too.

That's the primary function and mode of operation...

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