Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by HH56 On 2018/3/2 13:10:56

I believe it is just a press fit. You might be able to tighten it by using a small center punch and working from the inside of tube, place a few very shallow "pimples" to expand the metal a tiny bit so it can get a tighter fit. You do not want to get carried away and it shouldn't take more than 3 or 4 spaced around the tube. Once the metal is expanded use a block of wood at the top and hammer against the wood to drive tube into the block.

As to fumes leaking around the base, I would not use much sealant because you may want to get the tube out again. Perhaps a very thin bead of silicone or even a thin O ring pushed up right to the seating ring crimped in the tube and then the tube inserted so the sealant or O ring is compressed between block and seating ring would stop it.