Category: Pipe Spool Master

Some Well-Rounded Metalworking While most metal fabrication operations today likely involve flat sheets or plates of metal being cut or bent, there is still quite a bit of work done on more three-dimensional pieces and profiles like angle iron, tubes, and pipes. Even the ancient world saw a significant amount of metal pipe being connected […]

A pipe spool machine is basically a reverse lathe—instead of spinning a workpiece, it keeps the part stationary and secure while using rotating tools, like a mill, to perform a variety of functions like beveling, boring, and facing, in addition to standard threading operations.

A Pipe Fitter’s Dream Threading pipes to join them for plumbing and other uses dates back to the early 1800s. In the intervening two centuries, many different machines have been developed to assist in threading, grooving, beveling and facing pipe. A plumber’s shop, sprinkler system maker or oil field maintenance facility likely has a fleet […]