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Anyone have any ideas on joining what appears to be 50mm UPVC to regular 1.5" PVC? Aside from a dremmel? Which is going to happen really quickly here
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are you sure you are not using vacuum line and trying to join it with potable water line
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are you sure you are not using vacuum line and trying to join it with potable water line
Trying to join a gate valve to a Euro Reef skimmer. Gate valve 1.5", skimmer 50mm.
Gate valve now also ~50mm. Dremmel 1, skimmer 0

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Anyone have any ideas on joining what appears to be 50mm UPVC to regular 1.5" PVC? Aside from a dremmel? Which is going to happen really quickly here
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I was gonna say I have adapter pieces but I think it may be too late now
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Old 06-29-2014, 05:38 PM
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I was gonna say I have adapter pieces but I think it may be too late now
Ya, I waited a good 47 seconds before I fired up the dremmel Worked well!
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Silicon hose works wonders as well. I used it to join my abyzz (metric) to imperial pvc.
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Trying to join a gate valve to a Euro Reef skimmer. Gate valve 1.5", skimmer 50mm.
Gate valve now also ~50mm. Dremmel 1, skimmer 0
um how about buying the right size to start with, 50mm is 2", not 1.5

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You clearly don't appreciate the value of a dremmel...
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I use my Dremel to recycle gate valves
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