1224 Pipe and Bolt Threading Machine
Nos. 419 & 819 Nipple Chucks
No. 419 Nipple Chuck
(Figure 26A,B,C)
", 3" & 4"
Size Nipples: 2
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Minimum Nipple Length: 3
Maximum Nipple Length: 7
Figure 26A – No. 419 Nipple Chuck Installed
Figure 26B – Inserting Unfinished Nipple into No. 419
Nipple Chuck
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Ridge Tool Company • Elyria, Ohio • U.S.A.
Figure 26C – Removing Finished Nipple from No. 419
Nipple Chuck
Short or Close Nipple Threading
Procedure
1. Grip pipe in machine chuck. Thread and ream one
end of pipe and cut nipple to desired length.
2. Select proper size nipple chuck.
3. Lightly grip nipple chuck in machine chuck. make sure
that jaws are in slots up against stops of chuck body.
(Figure 26A)
Alternate Method – Nipple can be screwed into nipple
chuck prior to placing in the machine.
4. Screw nipple, threaded on one end, into nipple chuck.
Make sure nipple is bottomed out in nipple chuck.
(Figure 26B)
5. Tighten machine chuck handwheel securely onto nip-
ple chuck.
NOTE! Short lengths of pipe may be cut to length while
being held in nipple chuck.
6. Ream and thread end of pipe.
7. Once thread is cut, loosen machine chuck hand-
wheel and remove nipple from nipple chuck. (Figure
26C)
8. Gently tap nipple chuck on machine carriage to loosen
nipple from nipple chuck.
CAUTION
DO NOT try to make nipples shorter than 3
will cause nipple to hit die head.
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