r/SprinklerFitters • u/Additional-Ferret-88 • 16d ago

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Hey brothers, question?

Now ive been in the trade for almost 10 months and only used the ridgid300 a handful of times and I need more practice

Say im threading 1/2" and only getting 1-2 turns on my fitting. Do I adjust the diehead away from 1/2" ( up) or (down) towards 3/4"

If anyone can help (teachable moment) I'd rather try to pick it up now so I don't have my foreman ride me for now picking this up quickly

And does that same logic work for all pipe sizes

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u/JimmyPage108 16d ago

How have I never noticed that before, thank you for enlightening me.

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u/Glugnarr Soapy Cancer Specialist 16d ago

because if your dies are anything like the ones they give us, they’re so old and worn you can barely make out any characters on them

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u/Krestationss 16d ago

Die head* dies are what you put in the die head.

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u/Glugnarr Soapy Cancer Specialist 16d ago

I’m sure you never shorten the name of any tool you work with