Large wooden bung

[GarethM]

 

300mm / 12 Inch Expanding Steel Pipe Stopper

WWW.ALLPIPE.CO.UK

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300mm/12 expanding steel pipe stopper, with an expansion range from...

 

That's the kind of thing I was trying to describe poorly.

 

But it would give you the extra safety of a metal plate using water pressure 🙂

 

 

Edited November 13, 2024 by GarethM

[spudulike]

They use similar to plug domestic drain pipes on sewers. 

Who was the fella that turns skittles on here? I met him once a long time ago, not sure if he could help. Based around the west outskirts of London I think, built like a brick s%it house.

[openspaceman]

36 minutes ago, spudulike said:

They use similar to plug domestic drain pipes on sewers. 

Who was the fella that turns skittles on here? I met him once a long time ago, not sure if he could help. Based around the west outskirts of London I think, built like a brick s%it house.

@se7enthdevil 

[nepia]

10 hours ago, spudulike said:

They use similar to plug domestic drain pipes on sewers. 

Who was the fella that turns skittles on here? I met him once a long time ago, not sure if he could help. Based around the west outskirts of London I think, built like a brick s%it house.

He's a bloke called Steve Steve.  OSM above has his handle

[spudulike]

That's him, I fixed up an 880 for him and went to the cash point with him to pay for the work, me in a pinstripe suit and him barefoot wearing a Stetson and dungarees....sort of amused me at the time....would have made a good pic!

[Dan Maynard]

I was dreaming about a stack of plywood circles held together by studding up the middle, don't know if that would be acceptable but can be made with simple tools.

[skc101fc]

3 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I was dreaming about a stack of plywood circles held together by studding up the middle, don't know if that would be acceptable but can be made with simple tools.

 

[skc101fc]

My dreams are slightly more sexual !!

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I was dreaming about a stack of plywood circles held together by studding up the middle, don't know if that would be acceptable but can be made with simple tools.

 

Sounds snappy (no grain going through). Softwood probably specified for its chewiness, sort of like pine being used for pit props. You can get stronger but other characteristics are more important. 

 

Edited November 15, 2024 by AHPP

[slack ma girdle]

On 13/11/2024 at 13:29, Johnsond said:

Just wondering if anyone can or knows someone who could knock a softwood bung up as per pic 

Cheers 

Yes I've made something similar for re lining pipes before .