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Old Jan 22nd 2014 | 6:21 am
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I know that my copper pipe cutters and benders won't work in Canada.

But will my Rothenberger blow torch fit gas bottles in Canada.

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Old Jan 22nd 2014 | 6:57 am
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Giggity.
 
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You could try asking these guys, www.rothenberger-usa.com/. Aaaand giggity.
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Old Jan 23rd 2014 | 1:40 pm
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Default Re: Question about plumbers tools.

Originally Posted by MrHyperPants
I know that my copper pipe cutters and benders won't work in Canada.

But will my Rothenberger blow torch fit gas bottles in Canada.

Cheers.
Really ? I would have thought there was no issue with pipe bender and cutters. It's 1/2" and 3/4" imperial

No clue on the blow touch
 
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Originally Posted by J-A-UK
Really ? I would have thought there was no issue with pipe bender and cutters. It's 1/2" and 3/4" imperial

No clue on the blow touch
I'm glad you posted that. I've been scratching my head trying to work out why a pipe cutter or pipe bender wouldn't work just as well in Canada.

The blow touch typo raises a quite separate issue.
 
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The blow touch typo raises a quite separate issue.
Giggity...
 
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
I'm glad you posted that. I've been scratching my head trying to work out why a pipe cutter or pipe bender wouldn't work just as well in Canada.

The blow touch typo raises a quite separate issue.
The Canadian copper pipe is thicker then the UK's. The cutters won't even go on the pipe.
 
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Originally Posted by MrHyperPants
The Canadian copper pipe is thicker then the UK's. The cutters won't even go on the pipe.
If you say so. You're the plumber.

How thick is copper pipe in the UK then?
 
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Originally Posted by MrHyperPants
The Canadian copper pipe is thicker then the UK's. The cutters won't even go on the pipe.
Sorry - definitely cant see that one, but I guess must you know

Reno'd 10 properties in UK, construction, electrics, plumbing, roofing the works and done 2 here in Canada - I've not really found too much difference in reality. I would have no hesitation in saying chance the cutters and pipe bender above any other tool.

Where did you find the info to say that copper piping is different?

Other than imperial sizing (makes no difference to uk metric tools)

Not arguing - just interested.
 
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Ah now it's so much more clear (not to me!)

 
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Originally Posted by J-A-UK
Ah now it's so much more clear (not to me!)

+1. I'd really like to know what the OP is on about here.

Although it's not as if pipe sizes were all that important to me. Honest.
 
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
+1. I'd really like to know what the OP is on about here.
Although it's not as if pipe sizes were all that important to me. Honest.
What if they were...... electric? The pipe threader for the Ridgid Pipe Vice, for instance can be manual or electric and I believe there are electric benders. I've never seen an electric pipe cutter, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
 
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Originally Posted by MrHyperPants
But will my Rothenberger blow torch fit gas bottles in Canada.
Studiously ignoring the innuendos on the pipe tools part of the questions, although having a good giggle :-), I highly doubt it.

Having wasted far too much time trying to adapt Euro tools/appliances/you-name-it, my-ex-tried-it, to Canadian norms, I'd advise that even if one "can", one may then encounter compliance with Norms issues ..

(+1 on the cutting tool question bemusement)...
 
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Originally Posted by caretaker
What if they were...... electric? The pipe threader for the Ridgid Pipe Vice, for instance can be manual or electric and I believe there are electric benders. I've never seen an electric pipe cutter, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
They do http://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-t...rdless/2471-22

Pipe cutters and bender are adjustable, so cannot figure out the problem. If the pipe wall is thicker, it just takes a bit longer and a few more turns to cut the pipe, whether you were using a manual or electric tool.

I brought my hammers from the UK and they worked fine on Canadian nails, even though they were thicker than UK ones.

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