Aerator needed on home made copper pipe faucet

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David Poirier

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Hello,
I have built a vanity out of barnwood, placed a rock vessel sink on it, and am building a homemade copper pipe faucet for it. I want to include an aerator but I can't figure out how to put one on the 1/2" copper pipe that currently is the end of my faucet. Is there a way to do this? Surely there's a way...?
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What is the OD of a 1/2 copper coupler? Is it big enough that you could use a 3/4-27 die on it to create a thread? There are aerators that would fit that. I have built up a fitting with solder before using a die on it.

Kohler K-1104111-VF Nozzle Assembly, Polished Brass (1104111-CP is chrome)
It is like an aerator, but I don't think it injects air.
It has a 11/16" - 24 Female Thread. You can buy the brass one for $25 if you shop hard.

The Tom Thumb female threaded aerator has a 16 mm -1 thread (16 MM is 0.623 inches). That should screw on to a tapped 0.625 OD 1/2 inch copper pipe after it has been threaded.

http://www.neoperl.net/en/oem/products/aerators/sizeshousings.html
 
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You asked about the OD of the pipe....funny thing is I have old copper pipe and fittings and the OD is much larger than the thin pieces you see today. I was shocked at how thin the pieces were at Depot and Lowes. I like the idea of threading something to make it work. I think I'd rather see an aerator on the inside so I'm going to see if I go up to a 3/4" pipe if that would allow me to put one inside making threads like you mention.
 

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Type K copper pipe is marked with green. That is the heavier stuff that you were probably used to. Type L is marked with blue, and common. Type M is marked with red. It is the cheapest and thinnest of the 3. Some building codes do not allow type M for potable water, and some do.

The OD is the same for each for a given nominal size.
 

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Type K copper pipe is marked with green. That is the heavier stuff that you were probably used to. Type L is marked with blue, and common. Type M is marked with red. It is the cheapest and thinnest of the 3. Some building codes do not allow type M for potable water, and some do.

The OD is the same for each for a given nominal size.

That's kind of strange that the OD would be the same so thinner pipe would have more volume or allow more flow I guess. But, in order to use common fittings it makes sense that the OD would be the same.
 

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The only time the o.d. changes for a thinner pipe is SDR sewer pipe. There the i.d. is the same so there are no ragged edges when you change to a different grade pipe.
 

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Ace hardware has many aerator adapters and should have one from 1/2" ips to aerator.
Thanks all for your help. I am going to take the guts out of an aerator and put them in a screw on piece of pipe so that it is easily removable and alos the aerator is hidden. I stood for an hour at Ace Hardware trying to work this out and just couldn't get it done.
 
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