2016 World Pipe Tapping Championship

[Mergie Master]

Never heard of this, heck I never would have thought about a competition for pipe tapping. Pretty cool though.

[Timsmith]

Ain't nothing to it, I seen two deductions for time. Too much teflon tape and heavy ass pipe wrenches .

[quack head 11]

Ray Greenwood CPW went to the nationals last year and I believe they were up near the top.

Greenwood Metro also went to the nationals in the wastewater division and was in the top of class 2 teams

[quack head 11]

Ain't nothing to it, I seen two deductions for time. Too much teflon tape and heavy ass pipe wrenches .

How many times you ever pulled a B101 tapping machine on ductile iron?

It ain't no joke

[Timsmith]

How many times you ever pulled a B101 tapping machine on ductile iron?

It ain't no joke

How many times you drill , bored , and tapped a 8" hole 12" deep in a turbine casing? I believe a B101 tapping machine is child's play.

[quack head 11]

How many times you drill , bored , and tapped a 8" hole 12" deep in a turbine casing? I believe a B101 tapping machine is child's play.

So you ain't ever pulled one?

[Cribbcaller]

How many times you drill , bored , and tapped a 8" hole 12" deep in a turbine casing? I believe a B101 tapping machine is child's play.

This

[quack head 11]

How many times you drill , bored , and tapped a 8" hole 12" deep in a turbine casing? I believe a B101 tapping machine is child's play.

And to answer your question I've never tapped a turbine.

But come on man teflon tape on flared fittings and corporations? Unless you have an inside joke or something you don't know about water taps

[Timsmith]

And to answer your question I've never tapped a turbine.

But come on man teflon tape on flared fittings and corporations? Unless you have an inside joke or something you don't know about water taps

It was a joke about teflon tape and pipe wrenches, but what is a corporation ? Or is that a compression fitting

[quack head 11]

It was a joke about teflon tape and pipe wrenches, but what is a corporation ? Or is that a compression fitting

Ah ok I didn't "get" it.

The corporation is the part that screws into the ductile iron pipe itself. Then the flared copper ties onto the corporation. The corp is also a valve that turns on and off.

So in the video the first part on the tapping machine was cutting and threading the pipe. They then flip a flapper to keep the water from blowing and take the top of the machine off. Then thread the corporation into the top part of the machine and thread he corp into the pipe. Then remove machine and tie in the copper.

I can tell you tapping a 30-36" water main near the water plant with only that machine and al that pressure is scary lol

[Pcole]

How many times you ever pulled a B101 tapping machine on ductile iron?

It ain't no joke

That 101 is a walk in the park compared to the Tapmate 2 I ran for several years. I enjoy selling tap machines much more than using them.

[quack head 11]

That 101 is a walk in the park compared to the Tapmate 2 I ran for several years. I enjoy selling tap machines much more than using them.

No doubt. They ain't no joke. I contracted out part time when I was younger and we would install all the services in new sub division. We done all phases of hunters creek golf course and Harborside which is a neighborhood below Mergie.

Most I ever done was 76 in a day. Better than any upper body workout I've ever had

[Pcole]

I guess my best adventure was doing 2- 8"" taps at 80' high from a snorkel lift in the ceiling at BMW. It was also the day I discovered I'm afraid of heights.

[reeltight]

Plumbers...I swear.

Put down your copper, pvc and ductile/cast iron and come run 4500# steam and weld some C12A.

[joelt1971]

How many times you ever pulled a B101 tapping machine on ductile iron?

It ain't no joke

Usually do two or three a day like you said the B 101 is easy. Now on the other hand pull on the A-3 machine and install 3 or 4 2" taps in 8 hours and see what a wore out a$$ you are. By the way we just got a new A-3 machine after 25 year

[quack head 11]

Yes the b101 ain't bad if you can pace yourself or do a few a day.

I do know when you are ripping like they do in the competition is rough

[joelt1971]

Yes the b101 ain't bad if you can pace yourself or do a few a day.

I do know when you are ripping like they do in the competition is rough

No doubt they are ripping it. I have seen teams in competition several times in years past at the AWWA schools. Interesting to watch but not practical in the real world of laying water lines and making service taps.

[Pcole]

Plumbers...I swear.

Put down your copper, pvc and ductile/cast iron and come run 4500# steam and weld some C12A.

I'll do that if you'll hop into a ditch with knee deep mud on a 30 degree day, install a heavy ass tapping sleeve, then install a heavy ass tapping valve, pull a pressure test and hold it for 30 minutes, then bell up a heavy ass tapping machine, tap the pipe with a dull shell cutter, remove machine, close valve, and retrieve coupon from said machine for inspector, all while cars are zipping by at 70 mph 5' from your head.

Edit: By yourself! There ain't no "tap teams" in the real world.

I'd rather sandpaper a lion's balls in a phone booth than ever do another wet tap.

[quack head 11]

I'll do that if you'll hop into a ditch with knee deep mud on a 30 degree day, install a heavy ass tapping sleeve, then install a heavy ass tapping valve, pull a pressure test and hold it for 30 minutes, then bell up a heavy ass tapping machine, tap the pipe with a dull shell cutter, remove machine, close valve, and retrieve coupon from said machine for inspector, all while cars are zipping by at 70 mph 5' from your head.

Edit: By yourself! There ain't no "tap teams" in the real world.

I'd rather sandpaper a lion's balls in a phone booth than ever do another wet tap.

My man!!! You get it for sure!

[quack head 11]

No doubt they are ripping it. I have seen teams in competition several times in years past at the AWWA schools. Interesting to watch but not practical in the real world of laying water lines and making service taps.

Heck no! Break that bit off then you are working the line hot trying to get a repair clamp on it