Threading iron pipe with battery power Milwaukee M18 Threader

Awesome and no regrets with this threader.
No cords and portable enough to take into a crawlspace (yes I've actually done that) plus the support arm is genius.
Thanks for joining in once again.

[@davidbates7429]

Great video. Brought back some painful memories though. Back in 1970 I worked for a pipe valve and fitting company in Denver, Co. We had the "armstrong" pipe threaders back then. One weekend another worker and I hand threaded 2000 feet of 3/4 inch pressure pipe (100 ) pieces by hand. I hurt in places I never had hurt before after that weekend. Wish we would have had an electric one back then.

[@plumbbuild6517]

Thanks for the videos I've missed seeing them and I'm glad to see you are doing well good luck and keep them coming

[@mattheweustis9506]

Definitely agree with Steve! Miss your videos!

[@gungraveheat7860]

Just bought this machine, love it it’s worth every penny

[@ellerbeeweston]

Glad to see you back!!

[@alessichris07]

👍👍👍 Always enjoy your videos. Top notch work.

[@J-Colt]

Nice set up, Thanks for posting!

[@savinorenteria3192]

Man it's been awhile, glad to see you back👍👍👍👍👊

[@RES_Plumbing-Drain]

Great video, lots of interesting tricks, thanks!

[@jimanderson4495]

Really nice pipe job at the house. AND you painted! Thanks for the SureShot tip.

[@tyrelldavidson7738]

Super clean job. Came across this trying to find more vids on the threader... I gotta buy it now

[@davidgervais7897]

I always enjoy your videos ! Thats too bad that your olds videos are gone !

[@Empireplumbing45]

Clean work = pride for our trade

[@donniemccrorie19]

Thx for the video! Can you put your old videos back online?

[@alangivens7983]

Great video thanks for sharing.

[@Sctronic209]

That threader is sweet.

[@grumpysgarage4790]

Great video. Would like to see a video on how you measure out the piping in order to cut and thread it.

[@daviddejesus2975]

I also use a pipe stand along with a bigger tripod. Pipe slightly pitched towards threader helps for easier cleaning.

[@savinorenteria3192]

I love running gas lines, my dad showed me when I was 13, as well as drawing up iso.

[@Steven-vo8tk]

Great video!

[@ericmurphy8773]

You are the Milwaukee king I love it that's all I use for plumbing as well very expensive but you get what you pay for

[@honolulu1476]

Great video

[@sbitschy]

Pipe stand seems fine to me, I want one like that. Yours looks like it takes up less than 1/2 the space, and probably weighs 40lbs less than the beast I haul around. I love the idea of metal cutting saw. I have been debating buying one to speed up cutting but haven't seen anyone using one. Watching your vid has convinced me to go that route. I also ream the same way, works great. Thanks!

[@luisalvarez8266]

Noticed you said it was not ridgid.... what brand is it?

[@SuperMudMuppet]

Awesome video would be cool to see a walk around of the work van

[@wrhj66]

I was wondering what kind of marker you were using to mark the pipe, and then you showed us! Awesome video - great attention to detail!

[@Sctronic209]

Good to see you.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@cosme3345]

Good work Saludos Madrid España

[@kswaynes7569]

Good compilation of projects and explanation. Now that you're working out of your own trailer, looks like the Pack Out System is adding to the normal extras in the garage. You use to have clips with you and your son, hope the family is doing well.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Thanks and yes we're all doing well!

[@JohnnyUmphress]

I love that threader. I didn't know it used Rigid dies. That was great of Milwaukee not to create their own. I have the Milwaukee metal cutting saw and it is fantastic.

[@luisalvarez8266]

If I'm not mistaken it uses 11R dies.

[@TheMigraineGuy]

Nice! I remember AvE did a tear down on a similar canister and he said just what you did (i.e. that they're great for cooling oils). These long videos will help pass the time we are all now spending in quarantine. 👍👍

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

That's cool ave did that, I love using them, i've had a couple over the years depending on the job i was doing

[@mikemorgan5015]

Nice setup. Yeah the vise isn't a Rigid, but it fits in the truck. As a kid, I spent nearly an entire summer at my Dad's plumbing shop cutting and threading gas pipe from cut lists. With no machine. just a Tristand, a set of dies, ratcheting 2R handle, reamer, cutter and an old school thumb squeeze oiler. Manually hand bending the meter risers around an old wheel mounted to the bumper of one of the truck. My right arm was nearly twice the size of my left when school started. The jokes were flying a plenty. The next year, I was in tall cotton as they say in some parts. Dad got another Rigid 300 power head on a Tri Stand. Yessir! No more mastubation jokes. Worth every penny. No idea what they do now, but one interesting task was using special primer and gas wrap tape to, I shit you not, wrap entire lengths of 1 1/4 pipe. There was evidently a shortage of what they called "Scotch Coat" pipe, or Dad just had too much black pipe in stock. I can tell you for certain that the labor rate favored him, not me.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

HA! That reminds me I worked summers with my Dad roofing. I got super fast with the hammer tacker for laying tar paper and my right arm got bigger than my left and I got the same jokes. (also took out my left pointer fingernail when I hit it hard one time!) I've used the ratchet threaders some years ago, but I could go the rest of my life not using one again! Yeah I;ve heard of using the tape on gas pipe too, just never personally done it. Good times for sure

[@justinnnnnn209]

I'll have to try the circular saw with metal blade, to cut black pipe. Man it just zipped right through it! Thanks

[@stanleymason8155]

Blue monster thread tape then dope it if you like I do on gas pipe. Just tape 1-2 threads back! Once you go blue you won't go back lol.

[@eliadbu]

I think that for next version of this threader they should think about automatic oiler, that would improve the ease of using the tool.

[@vytautasbruzas9835]

What kindmodel of pipe vice do you use?

[@warpspeed1988]

Hi Brad! Our gas supplier recently done a replacement of gas lines throughout our neighborhood. They used a flex line similar in color to the yellow one you had, but it had a tracer wire sleeve molded on the outside of the supply line itself. They did the entire neighborhood in 4 days using a hyrdojetting type trenching unit on a trailer made by Vermeer manufacturing out of Pella, Iowa. The whole process was very fast and efficient. We were without gas service for only 30 minutes total as they were doing the final connections at the meter. Wished I had caught it on video to share... By the way, really enjoyed your other videos from a while back on the pex installs. I followed the code requirements, which were very much inline with your presentation, and now have my house completely setup with pex water line. I also wonder if they might have a solution out there for a discharge line for a basement drain that can be laid by hydrojetting? It would be a lot less intrusive compared to digging up someone's nicely manicured front lawn...

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

That's awesome to hear, there's always something new you come across! There's a system called a pneumatic mole that punches a tunnel in the earth in a straight line and can then pull a pipe back in the tunnel it just bored. It would be something I wanna get into someday. Kind of a specialized line of work though, good luck finding a contractor with that!

[@brandonnicasio9813]

What's the smallest 1/2" nipple that can be made with the new threader? You think it could pull off something like 4" in length? Thanks for the video 👍

[@TRUE_GR1T]

how come the reg vent is piped way up like that? Because of the window?

[@RHP2024]

what was that pipe wrench you were using

[@RHP2024]

what are these clamp you are using to hold pipe to house

[@TheDavidarlen]

That is an interesting looking tri-stand for the gas threading have't seen one before?

[@TheDavidarlen]

You answered my question Toleto tool. I have the ridgid tristand but it is heavy and bulky looks like a pretty neat portable stand

[@TheDavidarlen]

It is a bit wobbly though

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Yes I've used the Ridgid Tristand a lot too, I might get that one if I'm doing a lot of pipe, but it's too big too keep in the truck all the time

[@harbbains5718]

I guess you are not from BC or Pacific North West. It rains here for 6 months in a row in the winters and work just carries on.

[@melvintamay5483]

Great to have you back. Best of luck to you!! Is there anyway I can get the link for that clamping device for the hole saw guide? Its was in your old videos. Thanks!!

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Clamping device? With the laser you mean?

[@melvintamay5483]

@@kcplumbingandrooter yes , the one where you make hole saw then you set it up for a pitch for the next stud It was a yellow one with a laser

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpK8qqZ-edqgicU

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

It's not available anymore but you might be able to search online for them

[@melvintamay5483]

@@kcplumbingandrooter thanks so much for the info!! Appreciate the help. Stay safe and love your videos. And congrats to you on the company opening. I've been on my own for a few years myself.

[@jimn4307]

What kind of pant are you wearing? Looks real good

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Truewerk. They are the absolutely most comfortable pants I've ever worn. There's no way to describe it until you try them for yourself.

[@vinnyslawncare]

What happened to your videos of you renovating your house?

[@bobhole100]

Aww yeah another video

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Hahaha yeah it's hard to juggle making vids and my personal life

[@starrtime2681]

where did you get that wrench -- ?? website or link

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

I think it was toolbarn.com .. it's a s-jaw pipe wrench made by Wiha

[@lolMyke]

Okay you’ve got the little giant ladder. How do you like it?? Good buy?

[@kswaynes7569]

I have had one for 6 years, bought it at Costco. Bought another last Summer for the wife and her projects. Lighter in weight than the Home Depot foldable and easier to set up. Weather used as an extension ladder or a step ladder they are easier on my feet to stand on. I do remodeling, so I end up doing trim out on electrical and some plumbing. My subs get busy and clients can't wait.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

I like this King Kombo a lot. I'ts perfect for inside work and going a little higher in some commercial settings

[@steverusso177]

what brand of pants are those ???

[@callmemika839]

Is anyone having an issue with the case cracking or blowing out? It think there is a design or manufacturing defect.

[@rkfacts4740]

Price ?

[@michaelholliday100]

Hey, did you just drive by the Liberty-Benton Elementary and Middle School, if so it means that you are headed east, do you live west of the school? It is kind of fun to watch your videos when one knows an area well and sees landmarks that one recognizes... You must be passing the High School on your right at 1:30.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

That's correct! I posted this video some months back, this is the area I work in, Lima to Findlay, and surrounding, thanks for checking in

[@michaelholliday100]

@@kcplumbingandrooter I live in the Columbus Area, but prior to my recent retirement I did business with schools throughout Ohio and I know the back roads well... I have watched tons of your videos and appreciate your quality work...

[@jimmymasseau5956]

What the name of the red wrench

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Wiha S-jaw wrench

[@daviddejesus2975]

Get yourself a Rigid Hand Operated Oiler.

[@diegodlvega9617]

Why black pipe ? For the reg vent. And not galvanized. I know you painted. But I go galv if I have an option!!!!

[@VAX1970]

i would just use WD-40 Cutting Oil

[@brettwing737]

Started working for yourself?

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Yes

[@swagglifee]

Chill bro use speed 1 to cut and 2 to back off you had that thing smoking lol

[@AndrewBrowner]

a dribble on the pipe before you start threading is plenty.. this isnt cnc milling with carbide tooling you dont need a constant stream of flushing coolant

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Was used to the Ridgid 535 with a constant stream of oil. Afraid of destroying the dies

[@gordonretherford5451]

You really need a apprentice.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

ughh i know, you're totally right

[@scottwojo7881]

Buy a used Ridgid threader. You will never look back. This thing is way way over priced. If you get a used Ridgid tristand and an oil pumping bucket you won’t leave shit stains in the customers lawn too.

[@Ryanrock2]

you need a helper

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Indeed!

[@evomike2122]

That threader sucks !!! Nothing against you brother and your video.