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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: xxmattyxx on February 10, 2008, 02:05:20 pm

Title: 'O' rings
Post by: xxmattyxx on February 10, 2008, 02:05:20 pm

Where can you get the tool that clamps 'O' rings firmly onto pipe?

Ta muchly

Matt

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: mark dew on February 10, 2008, 02:08:34 pm

alex

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: LWC on February 10, 2008, 02:08:51 pm

gardiners sell em

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/Hose_Clamps____O__Ring_Clips.html

5th item down

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: xxmattyxx on February 10, 2008, 02:23:06 pm

Apreciated thanks.

Matt

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 10, 2008, 02:23:19 pm

Basically just a normal set of pliers.

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: LWC on February 10, 2008, 02:28:40 pm

Quote from: G.Q.C W1ndow Clean1ng on February 10, 2008, 02:23:19 pm

Basically just a normal set of pliers.

theyre not, you cant use normal pliers, i tried  ::)

they pinch the clip in the right place and make it tight, you try and pinch em with normal pliers and its just dis shapes them

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: williamx on February 10, 2008, 02:51:15 pm

Use pincer pliers, cost £1.00.

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: john tomkins on February 10, 2008, 04:16:50 pm

As williamx says pincers, they are not pliers

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: macmac on February 10, 2008, 06:34:49 pm

Quote from: LWC on February 10, 2008, 02:28:40 pm

Quote from: G.Q.C W1ndow Clean1ng on February 10, 2008, 02:23:19 pm

Basically just a normal set of pliers.

theyre not, you cant use normal pliers, i tried  ::)

they pinch the clip in the right place and make it tight, you try and pinch em with normal pliers and its just dis shapes them

Yeah, that's true, i tried with normal pliers & made a right cock-up!

Tony

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on February 10, 2008, 09:18:56 pm

i am slightly confused ;D ;D(nothing new there)if we are talking about crimps then its side cut wire clippers for me,doddle ;D......i always thought o rings were rubber washer thingys ???

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: xxmattyxx on February 10, 2008, 09:22:24 pm

Im confused enough as it is, if I catch Alex in tomorrow morning before he goes off out I might feel a little better about all this bleedin' connector/adaptor/hose-fitting stuff, but for Gawds sake Forpy   ;D dont confuse me even more.

 ;)

Matt

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on February 10, 2008, 10:19:41 pm

FORPY...i quite like that ;D any way sorry mate do you mean the little metal rings with tags on that you crush to make em grip your pipe(OOER) or something else? by the replies i thought it must be the metal rings but technically an "o"ring is a rubber washer with a circular cross section like what you have in the pre filter housings on your ro man :).......but i think you are talking about crimps and i use a pair of wire clippers but pincer pliers(aka blacksmith pliers) as posted by william x are probably better ;)what are you trying to connect?

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: Highrise on February 11, 2008, 04:38:46 pm

they are called ear clamps  ;)

Title: Re: 'O' rings
Post by: NWH on February 11, 2008, 04:49:17 pm

You can use pliers for the mean time,you clamp the O ring using the part you would cut wires with.