How to work with a pipe wrench
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Pipe wrench, which is used for turning and fitting iron pipes is usually made of steel or Aluminium. It is available in different sizes. Now how to work with it? Suppose you want to connect a tap to a pipe. The pipe contains the exact opposite thread of the tap. Firstly, turn the tap in order to fix it into the pipe manually. Once this process is over, take the pipe wrench and adjust the gap between two jaws of the pipe wrench so that it can hold the tap inside it. The gap between the jaws in the pipe wrench can be adjusted by rotating the screw beneath its jaws. Once you hold the tap firmly with the jaws you can rotate in the desired direction by applying simple force on the pipe wrench handle. Once the desired position is reached release the pipe wrench from the pipe by increasing the gap between the jaws