profireguy
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That is a bit harder to answer than you think. I'll go measure the pipe when I get a chance, but what I did was find a piece of scrap pipe I had that was the same size (OD) as the nut, then cut it to fit. I squared the pipe up in chop saw, then laid the nut on the end. Using a sharpie, I marked two opposing tabs onto the pipe. I then cut straight down on the pipe with a sawzall, at the edges of those marks. Leave enough to work with. Two more cuts to drop the sides off, and the tabs are exposed. I then used my bench grinder to carefully adjust the tab size until it is a tight fit in the nut.Hey profireguy.....give us some dimensions. What size pipe--how large are the tabs--will they handle the torque without distorting etc, etc.!!
Weld a washer and nut on, and you are done. I would have used a flared nut if I had one big enough, and eliminated the washer. Mine is made of galvanized pipe, and the stem nut is aluminum, so it is plenty strong.
Make sure you make the pipe long enough to reach the lower nut without bottoming out on the stem.
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