Build your own Easy Flange
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:43 pm
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This topic is about creating your own sankey keg / triclover clamp flange. Lots of pictures and different ideas, to suit different skill levels and tool availability.
Here is how to make a copper sankey adapter...
I use 6 gage bare copper grounding wire purchased at Lowe's for $.86 a foot. I foot will make two if they are generous like they were with me. You also need 2" copper pipe.
Start by hammering the wire into square. Medium raps down the length of wire for about 7". Turn on it's side and repeat down the legth to make your round wire square. Now hammer your square into a wedge by hammering at an angle along the length on one side only. This will begin to curve the wire as well. Now I use vise grips to help bend the wire around the pipe. This will take some time to get a good tight fit. One it is close, it is time to cut the excess off. I use wire cutters and a file to clean up the ends. It will take more tweeking to get a good fit.
This topic is about creating your own sankey keg / triclover clamp flange. Lots of pictures and different ideas, to suit different skill levels and tool availability.
Here is how to make a copper sankey adapter...
I use 6 gage bare copper grounding wire purchased at Lowe's for $.86 a foot. I foot will make two if they are generous like they were with me. You also need 2" copper pipe.
Start by hammering the wire into square. Medium raps down the length of wire for about 7". Turn on it's side and repeat down the legth to make your round wire square. Now hammer your square into a wedge by hammering at an angle along the length on one side only. This will begin to curve the wire as well. Now I use vise grips to help bend the wire around the pipe. This will take some time to get a good tight fit. One it is close, it is time to cut the excess off. I use wire cutters and a file to clean up the ends. It will take more tweeking to get a good fit.