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Old 10-13-13, 12:32 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike View Post
The tubes do twist around each other, but if they're soldered, they would twist themselves. While with compression, they would not...
This is an excellent point...



However, (and I am not referring to Xringer's airtap, I am comparing the attempts by randen and Hv23t) the twisting failure is taking place inside the tank.

Xringer's Airtap uses a custom fitting that would be difficult for most DIY people to make, unless they had a machine shop. It does turn out that both randen & Hv23t do have machining equipment at their disposal, but have chosen to use a more straightforward approach (that would be accessible to most DIY readers).

The Hv23t attempt worked, the attempt by randen didn't... what made the difference?

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