Doug Miller wrote:
In article , zxcvbob wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

In article , "Edwin

Pawlowski" wrote:

"toller" wrote in message
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Home Depot (and presumably most other places, though I haven't tried) will
cut and thread iron pipe for free. Presumably they would do the same for
a brass nipple.

Or is there something that is going clean over my head?

Some pipe threaders will not allow a short length to be held in the jaws and
threaded. There are ways of doing it, but I have no idea of HD will have
the capability. No harm in asking though.


He could buy a longer piece (e.g. 12") and have it threaded for, say, 5

inches

at one end, then cut off what he needs.



IIRC, he needs it threaded at both ends.


And your point would be....?

I believe he only needed about three inches, right? So thread *five* inches,
and cut off the three-and-whatever that's needed. No harm done if it's
threaded all the way, is there?



Tapered threads.

Bob