>those british threads are crazy.  The british pipe threads don't have
>any english standard or metric match.  And they're impossible to get
>here in the States.

>not like a standard thread matches a metric one, though, anyways.

Well the pipe threads do have a standard, but what seems to catch people out
is that they are tapered, so they will make a gas tight seal.



And as to the other threads, as someone puts on the bottom of their emails -
the great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from :))

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