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Pipefitters Handbook

By Forrest Lindsey
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Pipefitters Handbook by Forrest Lindsey is a compact, pocket-sized reference packed with thousands of essential facts and figures for pipefitters, steamfitters, and anyone involved in pipe layout and installation. It provides practical solutions to challenges in power and industrial pipebending, welding fitting fabrication, and more. The handbook organises material by job function and supports each table with clear examples, covering topics such as pipe bends, fittings, threading, soldering, brazing, and physical properties. A special section offers quick data on key subjects like metal spark tests and valve types.
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Ideal for professional pipefitters, steamfitters, welding fabricators, engineering technicians, and students in industrial trades seeking a reliable, practical reference guide.

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Pipefitters Handbook by Forrest Lindsey is a timeless classic!

Compact and pocket-sized, this handy reference contains thousands of facts and figures relevant to pipefitters and steamfitters—anyone concerned with the layout and installation of pipe. It provides answers to all sorts of problems indigenous to power and industrial pipebending, as well as the fabrication of welding fittings in both shop and field.

The book logically categorises all material according to job description, supporting each working table with a clear example of how to use it. It includes a special reference section that gives instant data on the 24 most useful on-the-job subjects, such as spark tests for metals, sheet metal weights, valve types, weights and measures, and much more.

Additionally, it discusses all types of bends; elbows, tees, and crosses; plastic pipe; soldering and brazing; travel and run; fitting dimensions; threading pipe; relative physical properties; and more.

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ISBN: 9780831130190

Publisher: Industrial Press Inc.,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 1967

Country: United States

Imprint: Industrial Press Inc.,U.S.

Edition: 3rd edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 464

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