Oatey 33402 Mechanical Plastic 3 Inch Review

Made a tool for straightening spiral tubing. It was the missing screw. or seven. Works great for me on 1" pipes and smaller. Used for copper tube air coolers, stainless steel fuel line straightening, transmission coolers, power steering and coated brake lines. While it wasn't the designers intention, the quality of the moldings and rubber used to make it can't be beat. IMHO

I'm not sure how this part is actually used but after watching a video on how to shake paint cans more easily there was a hack to get around one of these drains to take plug, remove the wing nut and attach a 12 inch pipe to the other end. Insert the threaded part into the drill, insert the paint can into the tube and twist. The little ball in the paint can spins like crazy and you can pulse your drill to mix the paint. In fact, up to 10 seconds is enough and you save yourself minutes of…

I didn't use it for its intended purpose, but it worked great for what I needed. I used it to make an aerosol can shaker that I saw on YouTube lol. I've used them before to check or temporarily close a PVC line and that's what they're for. This one looks the same as everyone else, so I think it works well. I know the aerosol can idea is simple and pretty cool lol. It's just a piece of 3 inch PVC, one of these had the wing nut changed to a regular one so you can put it in the drill lol. 30…