FabSwingers.com forum: Flange Spreader

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?"

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?"

Yes ... but has to be the right tool for the job

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Asking for my mum.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?

Yes ... but has to be the right tool for the job "

Specialised tool for sure.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?

Yes ... but has to be the right tool for the job

Specialised tool for sure."

Big enough to make sure it's done properly

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Flange spread. Sounds like a form of pâté.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Flange spread. Sounds like a form of pâté."

Creamy.

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Flange spread. Sounds like a form of pâté.

Creamy."

*licks lips*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flange - “a projected flat rim”

Oh my

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Need to make sure it's not too big a tool so as not to put too much stress on the flange so causing premature fatigue

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

No, if I’m spreading a flange is because someone has fucked up somewhere

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Need to make sure it's not too big a tool so as not to put too much stress on the flange so causing premature fatigue"

No one wants a worn out flange.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

love Getting my hands on a nice wet flange..... dry it up, repack it and get it back right at the end of the job....

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By *uyforfun88869Man
over a year ago

Leigh

Been hammering away at a few gussets at work yesterday.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Need to make sure it's not too big a tool so as not to put too much stress on the flange so causing premature fatigue

No one wants a worn out flange."

You need to protect the flange so it's serviceable for years to cum

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

Always giggling at flange related stuff up here near the oil capital of Europe!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“Engineer” is a strange way of spelling gynaecologist.

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By *uyforfun88869Man
over a year ago

Leigh

I'm not a gynaecologist but I'll have a bloody good look

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"“Engineer” is a strange way of spelling gynaecologist."

Vulvic engineer

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Flange head screws... I think that's my Fab story.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"“Engineer” is a strange way of spelling gynaecologist.

Vulvic engineer"

Do they fill water bottles?

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"“Engineer” is a strange way of spelling gynaecologist.

Vulvic engineer

Do they fill water bottles?"

Geysers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Very important to ensure there’s no leakage around the pipe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyone loves a fab flange

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always enjoy the mating of two flanges.

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

You need to lubricate the flange so it doesn't squeak while going around bends

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Always enjoy the mating of two flanges. "
oh yes tribology

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flanges allow for thrust restraint...

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

"Flange spread. Sounds like a form of pâté.

Creamy."

Now it sounds "yeasty"...

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By *hickennchipsWoman
over a year ago

up above the streets and houses

Marmite?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Marmite?

Im confused on this one.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"Any engineers here who enjoy spreading flange?"

I need a couple of grollings and a set of greased nipples please.

Have you seen the Fry & Laurie hardware shop sketch? It's very funny.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm so glad this carried on while I was away.

Faith restored.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely you close flange!

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By *hickennchipsWoman
over a year ago

up above the streets and houses

"Marmite?

Im confused on this one."

Yeast...

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Surely you close flange!"

Not if you're separating the parts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely you close flange!

Not if you're separating the parts"

The point was put as an engineer would you prise flange, flange is a closure, surely?

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I'm so glad this carried on while I was away.

Faith restored."

Have you been to Flanges'r'Us?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Marmite?

Im confused on this one.

Yeast...

I got you..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Always giggling at flange related stuff up here near the oil capital of Europe! "

As am I.. sitting in the middle of the North Sea just now.

Actually closer to Norway than Aberdeen at the mo.

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