1233 Pipe and Bolt Threading Machine
4. Install nipple chuck into machine chuck. Make sure
that jaws are in slots up against stops of chuck
body. (Figure 18)
Figure 18 – No. 419 Nipple Chuck Installed and Ready
to Thread
5. Tighten machine chuck handwheel securely onto
nipple chuck.
NOTE! Short lengths of pipe may be cut to length while
being held in nipple chick.
6. Ream and thread other end of pipe.
7. Once thread is cut, loosen machine chuck hand-
wheel and remove nipple from nipple chuck.
8. Gently tap nipple chuck on machine carriage to
loosen nipple from nipple chuck.
CAUTION
DO NOT TRY TO MAKE NIPPLES SHORTER THAN
3
1
/
". THIS WILL CAUSE NIPPLE CHUCK TO HIT DIE
4
HEAD.
No. 819 Nipple Chuck
The RIDGID No. 819 Nipple Chuck is a quick and easy
tool for holding short and close nipples or studs for
threading.
Capacity:
1
/
" to 2" standard pipe (NPT or BSPT)
8
1
/
" to 2" bolts or studs UNC or UNF
4
Pipe Adapters
1
/
",
1
/
",
3
/
",
1
/
",
8
4
8
2
3
/
", 1", 1
1
/
", 1
1
/
"
4
4
2
Stud Adapters
1
/
" to 2" UNC
4
1
/
" to 1
1
/
" UNF
4
2
Ridge Tool Company
Short or Close Nipple Threading
Procedure
WARNING
DO NOT START MACHINE WHEN CHUCK WRENCH IS
ENGAGED WITH ADAPTER OR RELEASE COLLAR.
1. Grip pipe in machine chuck. Thread and ream one
end and cut nipple to desired length.
2. Place nipple chuck body (Figure 19) in power drive
chuck. Machine chuck jaws must be aligned in grip-
ping grooves of #819 chuck body.
Figure 19 – No. 819 Nipple Chuck Body Installed
3. Position insert small end toward adapter with
pipe; large end with 1" pipe; no insert 1
up.
4. Select proper size nipple chuck adapter and screw
into nipple chuck by hand. Tighten with wrench.
5. Screw nipple (Figure 20) threaded on one end into
adapter by hand. Ream and thread other end.
6. Insert pin on end of wrench (Figure 21) into one of
holes in nipple chuck release collar and turn. Remove
threaded nipple by hand.
1
/
" to
3
/
"
8
4
1
/
" pipe and
4
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