Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, the renowned Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

Appears to be "Acme" 3/4"-5 according to web pages:

http://www.sizes.com/home/handles_broom.htm
http://www.landa.com/docs/catalog/Accessories.pdf

There's an awful lot of pages on "Acme" threads in Machinery's.


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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:05:39 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, the renowned Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

Appears to be "Acme" 3/4"-5 according to web pages:

http://www.sizes.com/home/handles_broom.htm
http://www.landa.com/docs/catalog/Accessories.pdf

There's an awful lot of pages on "Acme" threads in Machinery's.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Thanks, Spehro. The 0.75" would account for the sloppy fit. Great
references.

I looked in Machinery's, but standard acme's are 1.00" before you get
to 5 tpi.

That fiberglass extension pole was what I had in mind for a handle.

Thanks again,

Pete Keillor

Peter T. Keillor III wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:05:39 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:


On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, the renowned Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:


Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

Appears to be "Acme" 3/4"-5 according to web pages:

http://www.sizes.com/home/handles_broom.htm
http://www.landa.com/docs/catalog/Accessories.pdf

There's an awful lot of pages on "Acme" threads in Machinery's.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany


Thanks, Spehro. The 0.75" would account for the sloppy fit. Great
references.

I looked in Machinery's, but standard acme's are 1.00" before you get
to 5 tpi.

That fiberglass extension pole was what I had in mind for a handle.

Thanks again,

Pete Keillor
I was at my Dad's a few months ago and I spotted a broom head to sweep the shop without
a handle - the wood one split... I noticed a junk plastic mop in the trash barrel.
I went over and un-screwed the handle, went and screwed it into the wood broom head
and Dad had a new broom. He was delighted to see it and where I got the handle.
He never guessed the mop would have a screw in handle. I had my fingers crossed and it did.

Nice to have standards like this. And the plastic will never split like the wood did.

I've used paint roller extension rods with a ball brush to get into the high corners of the house.
Pesky spiders.

Martin

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@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer
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"Peter T. Keillor III" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.


If you mean those threads you get on the cheap metal broom "sticks" you
attach paint rollers to, I hat'e them. The plastic thing they make with the
threads, that is. They seem to always break late saturday evening when the
rental apt is half painted and the new tenant wants in on monday.

I'd be tempted to use 1" pipe and a real pipe coupling.

3/4 x 5 ...trust me, I make them.


"Peter T. Keillor III" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Thanks.

Pete Keillor

Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?

Gunner



" We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of
Shakespeare...Thanks to AOL and WebTv, we know this is not possible."

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:19:10 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?

You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

On 3 Feb 2005 18:22:21 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:19:10 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:51 -0500, Peter T. Keillor III
wrote:

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.

Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?

You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

Me, I'm holding out for the .45 version.

--RC
"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.

Dave Hinz wrote:


Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?


You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

Just go to gun shows and keep your eyes open. I decided I wanted one in 9X19 and
two shows later, in Fond du Lac, Wi, I found a Fed Ord rebuilt one that was
exactly what I wanted, 9mm, nicely polished & reblued & and totally
noncollectable, a really nice looking & performing shooter.

David

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:19:10 GMT, the inscrutable Gunner
spake:

Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?

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jtaylor wrote:

"Peter T. Keillor III" wrote in message
...

Does anybody know the dimensions for a broom handle thread? I had no
luck with Google. I need to make a clamp with extension handle for
the flush kit for my outboard. The outboard is too old to have the
hose connection, and I've cracked the cartilage in my ribs for the
last time reaching over the transom. The boat is stored in a lift at
a marina, so I can't routinely get at it on a trailer.

The thread appears to be acme, 5 tpi, ~0.71" dia. I'd like to see the
specs to confirm.



If you mean those threads you get on the cheap metal broom "sticks" you
attach paint rollers to, I hat'e them. The plastic thing they make with the
threads, that is. They seem to always break late saturday evening when the
rental apt is half painted and the new tenant wants in on monday.

I'd be tempted to use 1" pipe and a real pipe coupling.


No the 20 or $30 Expanding triangular three section extension paint handles.
Nothing cheap about these. The one I had was loaned out and you guessed it -
we forgot who and no one fesses up. Rats.
Martin

--
Martin Eastburn, Barbara Eastburn
@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:44:08 GMT, wrote:
On 3 Feb 2005 18:22:21 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:19:10 GMT, Gunner wrote:

Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?

You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

Me, I'm holding out for the .45 version.

Ah, think big. Go for the .45 Luger.

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:57:56 GMT, David R. Birch wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:


Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?


You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

Just go to gun shows and keep your eyes open. I decided I wanted one in 9X19 and
two shows later, in Fond du Lac, Wi, I found a Fed Ord rebuilt one that was
exactly what I wanted, 9mm, nicely polished & reblued & and totally
noncollectable, a really nice looking & performing shooter.

Well, I'd like it to look somewhat authentic. It's just never been
the one I wanted to buy when I had the money in pocket, there has
always been something else I wanted more. Ah well...

I wouldn't mind one in .30 either, but I'd shoot a 9 more...

On 4 Feb 2005 15:58:25 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:57:56 GMT, David R. Birch wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:


Which model Broomhandle? Red 9 or post war?


You know, I've always wanted one of those. Either of them. Odd
that it has yet to happen.

Just go to gun shows and keep your eyes open. I decided I wanted one in 9X19 and
two shows later, in Fond du Lac, Wi, I found a Fed Ord rebuilt one that was
exactly what I wanted, 9mm, nicely polished & reblued & and totally
noncollectable, a really nice looking & performing shooter.

Well, I'd like it to look somewhat authentic. It's just never been
the one I wanted to buy when I had the money in pocket, there has
always been something else I wanted more. Ah well...

I wouldn't mind one in .30 either, but I'd shoot a 9 more...

ACK! the deadly Cop Killer .30 Mauser.

Chuckle...its fascinating to note all the brewhaha over "armor
piercing buuullets" in the last 15 yrs, when this 90 yr old pistol
cartridge designed for antique guns will generally whizz right though
both sides of a "bullet proof" vest and its wearer.

Gunner



" We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of
Shakespeare...Thanks to AOL and WebTv, we know this is not possible."

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:54:04 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On 4 Feb 2005 15:58:25 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

I wouldn't mind one in .30 either, but I'd shoot a 9 more...

ACK! the deadly Cop Killer .30 Mauser.

If it's anything like the .30 carbine to reload, I'm guessing it's
a bitch, though.

Chuckle...its fascinating to note all the brewhaha over "armor
piercing buuullets" in the last 15 yrs, when this 90 yr old pistol
cartridge designed for antique guns will generally whizz right though
both sides of a "bullet proof" vest and its wearer.

Gee. The ammo hasn't changed, the guns haven't changed... nope, not
gonna go there, we both know the score on that one.

On 4 Feb 2005 16:58:32 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:54:04 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On 4 Feb 2005 15:58:25 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

I wouldn't mind one in .30 either, but I'd shoot a 9 more...

ACK! the deadly Cop Killer .30 Mauser.

If it's anything like the .30 carbine to reload, I'm guessing it's
a bitch, though.

Actually, its quite easy.
Chuckle...its fascinating to note all the brewhaha over "armor
piercing buuullets" in the last 15 yrs, when this 90 yr old pistol
cartridge designed for antique guns will generally whizz right though
both sides of a "bullet proof" vest and its wearer.

Gee. The ammo hasn't changed, the guns haven't changed... nope, not
gonna go there, we both know the score on that one.

Lol

Gunner



" We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of
Shakespeare...Thanks to AOL and WebTv, we know this is not possible."