Attaching a scope rail?

[mopherman]

how do you guys think I could attach a scope rail to a 1 inch steel tee? I would like to stay away from jb weld and other adheasives. Thanks!

[super spuder]

thoes metal zip tie things....ummm..cant think of the name right now.

[Velocity]

Hose clamps?

[homedepotpro]

hose clamps super spudder. i would try to get some cheap scope mounts sorta like these http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... S:official
and attach the rail that, that way you can remove it

[super spuder]

yea, thats them, sorry, it is really late here, and i cant remember crap.

[mopherman]

i guess im just gonna have to settle for hose clamps. oh well

[From_Hamsterdam]

duck tape, what cant it do :love4:

[frankrede]

Is the t going to take any form of pressure?

[mopherman]

yes. the tee is part of my chamber

[boilingleadbath]

In firearms, scope rails are generally attached with (short) screws, and I've done the same thing myself.
(though I have seen mounts machined into the barrel)

<i>Much</i> less ugly than hose clamps.

[iknowmy3tables]

Hey those scope mounts aren't for attaching rails to your gun, they are not for attaching the rail to the gun they are for attaching scopes to the rail
I just don't want anyone make a pointless buy,

BLB: I don't think most of us feel safe screwing into the chamber although they are short screws, and it doesn't sound easy with steel

[boilingleadbath]

If 1" steel pipe was to be rated by it's burst pressure in the same way as PVC, it'd be reasonable to expect a rating of 2000 PSI or so.

Perhaps you don't <i>feel</i> safe doing it, but such emotions are probably borderline phobia.

Not <i>easy</i>... but it's not hard-tempered, nor an exotic (or even stainless) alloy, so (provided you have a tap) it's not exactly difficult.
You just have to be careful and paitient - but that's the case with anything, even aluminum.

(As an anecdote, one of my friends knows someone who snapped off a decent-sized tap in aluminum... as I said, patience is often a virtue when tapping.)

[iknowmy3tables]

I've never seen taps so tiny, but mainly I'd just be worried about leaks

[mopherman]

I would also be worried about leaks. ill go w/ camps

[boilingleadbath]

Perhaps you could put a gasket between the rail and the fitting?
Such practices seem to work ok in diaphragm construction.