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sawcutmill
04-19-2007, 09:58 PM
I recently noticed this past summer, that my anchor chain pipe was weeping badly.It is deck fed from a 2" wilcox crittendon Bronze deck fitting.
During a rain storm in the fall, i noticed that the pipe leading down from the deck was completely broken off from the ring on the underside of the deck.It turned out to be IRON, and had completely wore through.It was original after all to 1952! the underside ring is Iron.which i will replace with bronze.
I am looking to replace it with copper or bronze. It has a slight bend in it to feed the chain to the locker.I could live with a straight pipe or tube.2" would be the Inside Diameter, and I could probably get away with a larger ID upto 2.25", I am having trouble finding a 4' section.I have tried online metals, atlas etc, would a plumber's supply house have something like this? Thick walled like schedual "L" suits me fine.thanks in advance.

Gold Rock
04-20-2007, 12:15 AM
I assume your failure is to find the short length you want? Copper, bronze, or hard drawn brass shouldn't be hard to find. Alaska Copper and Brass in Seattle has it all. Getting a four foot off cut might require some 'special pleading', but they have the goods. There's another place in Seattle called Metal Shorts http://www.metalshorts.com/ . Their raison d'etre is just what the name suggests. I used to go there often when I lived in Seattle. They'll cut anything any length. They do both ferrous and non ferrous.