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What is used to thread pipe?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

It is called a Die. It looks like a nut that is used on a bolt. It is made from much harder steel and cuts the grooves in the pipe like the thread on a bolt. The same thing is used to cut the grooves on a bolt, a different size one for each size of pipe or bolt.

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