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FARM MECHANICS 



water to the kitchen and the bathroom, together with 

 the waste pipes, ventilators and the sewer to the septic 

 tank. The same outfit of tools will answer for repair 

 work for a lifetime. 



Farm water pipes usually are small. There may be 

 a two-inch suction pipe to the force pump, and the dis- 



Figure 66. Pipe Cutter. The most satisfactory pipe cutter has 

 three knife-edge roller cutters which follow each other around the 

 pipe. Some of these cutters have two flat face rollers and one cutter 

 roller to prevent raising a burr on the end of the pipe. The flat face 

 rollers iron out the burr and leave the freshly cut pipe the same size 

 clear to the end. 



Figure 67. Pipe-Wrench. This type of wrench is valuable for 

 working with the heavier farm implements. It is intended more for 

 holding than for turning. It is rather rough on nuts. Damaged 

 nuts show signs of careless work. 



charge may be one and a half inch. But these pipes are 

 not likely to make trouble. 



There should be a good pipe vise that will hold any 

 size pipe up to three inches. At least two pipe wrenches 

 are needed and they should be adjustable from one- 

 quarter-inch up to two-inch pipe. 



We must remember that water pipe sizes mean in- 

 side measurements. One-inch pipe is about one and 

 one-quarter inches outside diameter. Three-quarter- 



