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  2. Threaded pipe - Wikipedia

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    Therefore many municipal plumbing codes restrict the use of threaded plastic pipe fittings. Both British standard and National pipe thread standards specify a thread taper of 1:16; the change in diameter is one sixteenth the distance travelled along the thread. The nominal diameter is achieved some small distance (the "gauge length") from the ...

  3. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    Visualise bending the left end of the pipe up 88 degrees. Now turn the piece of pipe around so the horizontal piece of pipe is in line with the zero degrees line on the protractor. The protractor will read 92 degrees. The key point is that the plumbing term focuses on the degree of bend from the original straight pipe, not the resulting angle.

  4. Pipe Cutting - Wikipedia

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    Pipe cutting or pipe profiling is a mechanized industrial process that removes material from pipe or tubing to create a desired profile. Typical profiles include straight cuts, mitres, saddles and midsection holes. These complex cuts are usually required to allow a tight fit between two parts that are to be joined via arc welding.

  5. Menards - Wikipedia

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    Menards sold the Menard Building Division in 1994, racking up 36 years in the pole building industry. Menards of East Madison, Wisconsin, pictured in 2012 (closed and relocated to Sun Prairie in 2018) [6] Menards was founded as Menard Cashway Lumber. In the mid-1980s, the "Cashway Lumber" name was dropped and the business became simply known to ...

  6. Pipecutter - Wikipedia

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    Pipecutter Cutting copper pipe with a close quarters tubing cutter. A pipecutter is a type of tool used to cut pipe. Depending on the metal of the pipe, a pipecutter can often provide a faster, cleaner and more convenient way of cutting pipe than using a hacksaw. There are two types of pipe cutters.

  7. Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    CPVC sprinkler pipe inside a firestop mock-up. Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) is a thermoplastic produced by chlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. CPVC is significantly more flexible than PVC, and can also withstand higher temperatures. Uses include hot and cold water delivery pipes and industrial liquid handling.

  8. Edgar cut - Wikipedia

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    Group member Jairo Martinez of Yahritza y su Esencia with an Edgar cut. The Edgar hairstyle, otherwise known as the Edgar or the Edgar haircut, is a hairstyle often associated with Latino culture. In the 2010s and 2020s, the haircut became popular with members of Generation Z [1] and Millennials. [2]

  9. Hair straightening - Wikipedia

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    Hair straightening is a hair styling technique used since the 1890s involving the flattening and straightening of hair in order to give it a smooth, streamlined, and sleek appearance. [1] It became very popular during the 1950s among black males and females of all races.