7/8 UNF DIN Valve wanted

[Peter Buzzacott]

I'll be back in cave country for the Labor Day weekend and am on the lookout for a 7/8 UNF DIN valve.

Anyone got a skinny-neck valve they don't need anymore?

Peter

[tbone1004]

let me dig through. I think Herman converted all of mine to take a 1/4" NPT tap in the bottom, but if I have another I can bring it up to raleigh on the 9th when I'm in for Beericana

[bamafan]

I have some rh valves at my house in PCB but I won't be there until the end of September or October. You can have it you pay shipping.

[FW]

I'll be back in cave country for the Labor Day weekend and am on the lookout for a 7/8 UNF DIN valve.

Anyone got a skinny-neck valve they don't need anymore?

Peter

I have one with an angled port.

[tj]

I got a bunch, but not in NFL until the 5th. Too late? I'll mail it to you, but only because of that alligator story I retell all the time.

[guruboy]

I think Herman converted all of mine to take a 1/4" NPT tap in the bottom

What does that do?

[tbone1004]

Peter no dice on my side

@guruboy, basically you remove the dip tube and drill that out and tap it for 1/4" NPT so you can put a hp hose on the bottom. Much cheaper than buying dedicated fill whip ends if you have cheap valves laying around. I think I have 4 that have been tapped for NPT. 3 are destined for my cascade system, and the fourth is going to go on a 4:1 spider whip similar to what Wayne has at Amigo's

[guruboy]

What good is a tank valve on the end of a hose? Does this assume you have a transfill whip as well?

[tbone1004]

What good is a tank valve on the end of a hose? Does this assume you have a transfill whip as well?

so my o2 compressor and my normal gas compressor each have a normal fill whip on them since they are portable and the banks are not.
Banks have a scuba valve on the end of them to allow the compressor to hook up to fill them up as well as one on the outlet so I can hook up a normal transfill whip if I wanted to.

The 4:1 spider had 4 outlets that look like a normal fill whip in, and the one inlet with a valve so it can be used to transfill and/or balance four tanks at once. Really convenient for making sure sidemount bottles are at the same pressure with the same mix in them and with the extra pair, I can do the same with a second set of backgas bottles or with a set of stages.

Also useful if you want a whip extension.
For all of those except the banks I could have used a normal yoke/din to NPT that didn't have the shutoff, but they're expensive and old valves are not. A 12pack of Amstel Lite bought me mill time from Herman so it's pretty cheap

[Peter Buzzacott]

Hi Forrest, that sounds fine, are you planning to be in cave country over that weekend? Maybe we can take you out for dinner one evening?
TJ, you're my back-up plan, and thank you.
Bamafan, that's very generous of you, thanks. But, it looks like I am sorted now.