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How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: carlos vergara (---.pfizer.com)
Date: February 18, 2010 11:06AM

Guys,

What is the best way to determine the proper tip-top size for the barrel ID? I am fixing some rods and I would like to purchase the correct tip-top. I measure the rods tip-top last night (used a caliper) and I obtained 0.085” as the measurement.

Thanks in advance.

Carlos Vergara

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: George Forster (---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 11:24AM

Carlos,
Mud Hole sells a tip top gauge that measures OD of rod tip and ID of Tip Top:[www.mudhole.com]. Or, you can do as you've done. Make sure that you're taking the measurement about 1/2" down from the end. You want to order a TT that is just slightly larger than that. Using your measurement, I would order a 6/64 size tip top.
George

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: Michael Sledden (---.176.42.254.ptr.us.xo.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 11:25AM

Personally I use the tip gauge, you can check blanks or tips with it. But for measuring, the tips are specified in 64ths for the tube size, so your measurement would be for a 5.5 tip. But you might want to look at also getting a 6 tip.

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: George Forster (---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 11:29AM

MIke's right. I made a mistake converting to the fraction.

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: Gary Henderson (---.mco.bellsouth.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 12:59PM

Both the Fuji and the Pac Bay tip gauge work well. I use the Pac Bay...and I wouldn't be without it.

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: carlos vergara (---.pfizer.com)
Date: February 18, 2010 01:35PM

Guys,

I appreciate the feedback, is there a place where I can obtain a conversion chart?

Thanks,

Carlos

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: George Forster (---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 05:54PM

From Bingham Enterprises: [www.angelfire.com]
This doesn't have the "in-between" sizes (like the 5.5/64), but it should help. I'm so glad that the U.S. never adopted the metric system. This way my brain gets to do a lot more work LOL.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/18/2010 05:57PM by George Forster.

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: Dan Ertz (---.dsl.airstreamcomm.net)
Date: February 18, 2010 05:56PM

Carlos,

Tip tops are sized by 64th's of an inch, so just divide 1 by 64 (1 / 64=.015625) then divide that number into the size of the blank's tip.

Using your blank as an example:

Your blank tip measures .085 / .015625 = 5.44 64th's of an inch.

Rounding up to the next available tube size means that as Mike said, a 5.5 is the size tip that you want for your blank.

Dan

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Re: How to determine correct tip-top ID size?
Posted by: carlos vergara (---.pfizer.com)
Date: February 19, 2010 07:09AM

Fantastic!!! Thanks a lot...

Carlos

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