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Made 6 of these,
![new nuts.jpg new nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44310-78e74f45f4b3606818917a3e8e4bfa6f.jpg)
to replace 6 of these that are way too loose to tighten up to stop them leaking.
![old nuts.jpg old nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44313-246c9eba149107054c6788d31679ba10.jpg)
to make up 6 of these
![new taps.jpg new taps.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44312-b285a3bb75e3ab6537c14e7bf28ebe43.jpg)
to go in here to even out the water delivery to the aquaponic garden.
![new taps 2.jpg new taps 2.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44311-f8c4dc57887b1c3df54ba05c96177583.jpg)
Now I can just pop the taps out the pipe work for easy cleaning.
I ground the internal thread tool but as the compound was inline with the cross slide and I was in a hurry I just wound out the cross slide to cut the thread on both sides of the bit. I got away with it I think because of the plastic.
![old nuts.jpg old nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44313-246c9eba149107054c6788d31679ba10.jpg)
![new nuts.jpg new nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44310-78e74f45f4b3606818917a3e8e4bfa6f.jpg)
to replace 6 of these that are way too loose to tighten up to stop them leaking.
![old nuts.jpg old nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44313-246c9eba149107054c6788d31679ba10.jpg)
to make up 6 of these
![new taps.jpg new taps.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44312-b285a3bb75e3ab6537c14e7bf28ebe43.jpg)
to go in here to even out the water delivery to the aquaponic garden.
![new taps 2.jpg new taps 2.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44311-f8c4dc57887b1c3df54ba05c96177583.jpg)
Now I can just pop the taps out the pipe work for easy cleaning.
I ground the internal thread tool but as the compound was inline with the cross slide and I was in a hurry I just wound out the cross slide to cut the thread on both sides of the bit. I got away with it I think because of the plastic.
![new nuts.jpg new nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44310-78e74f45f4b3606818917a3e8e4bfa6f.jpg)
![new taps 2.jpg new taps 2.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44311-f8c4dc57887b1c3df54ba05c96177583.jpg)
![new taps.jpg new taps.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44312-b285a3bb75e3ab6537c14e7bf28ebe43.jpg)
![old nuts.jpg old nuts.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/44/44313-246c9eba149107054c6788d31679ba10.jpg)