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OK, I can be a man with too much time on my hand, but it still was nice project.

The not freezing spicket froze again and I decided to fix it instead of replacing.

Here are the two basic components after the lathe, sized to accept a copper tubing:
 

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Here is the assembly to size up the tubing and the whole thing including the copper:
 

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The whole thing soldered and ready for new seals:

One thing learned. The old fashion like this one can be fixed again and again - but the other one I had was quarter turn and it cracked in one of the internal components - and those are impossible to find anywhere :mad:
 

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