This category includes any stainless fittings that I offer on a standalone basis.
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Model: Camlocks - A, B, C, D, DC, E, F and BrewHardware Exclusives!
Camlock style disconnects are absolutely the best compromise between cost and function for making and breaking connections between your vessels, chillers, pumps and hose sets. Eventually you get tired of pushing tubing onto hose barbs and adusting worm gear clamps. These are cheaper than triclovers and all other stainless steel quick disconnect designs. They connect/disconnect faster than triclovers too! We offer the highest flow solutions in camlocks in the entire homebrewing industry. They come with replacable food grade silicone gaskets. Click more info for product application guidelines and ordering options.
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 Model: Elbarb - $7
You can stop forcing silicone tubing over street elbow threads now. We've suggested the old street elbow trick in the past because it was the best we could do. We've contracted a machine shop to make these to our specs and they are sweet. The ID of the barb is a whopping 5/8" and the OD is about 3/4". It sounds too big for 1/2" silicone tubing, but it fits fine. Afterall, we were commonly stretching over the .82" OD of the threads on the street elbows. It used to take 20 minutes with a bench grinder to simulate these barbs but we've done all the work for you. Get em.
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Model: washer - $2
This is the 1/8" thick 304SS metal washer we include in the several weldless kits, e.g. thermometer kits. Buy this if you're trying to assemble your own custom bulhead and need to shim out the assembly for tighter gasket compression. The ID is approximately .9" which slides over 1/2" NPS or NPT Please note that it may be economical to purchase the 1/2" make-weldless kit which includes a locknut, gasket, and this SS washer, assuming you need those parts as well. This kit can be found on the dial thermometer page.
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 Model: SSpud - $6 +
304 Stainless Steel "welding spud" fitting. We know... this thing has a funny name and most people have never heard of these parts unless you're in the business of industrial tank welding. In a nutshell, welding spuds are an alternative to NPT half couplings. They have a nice flanged surface area where they attach to your tanks/vessels and present NPT threads to only one side in a very low profile.
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 Model: TubeCompression - $15+
This is one of those fittings that has a lot of different uses in a brewery. We use these to make our diptube assemblies but they can be used anywhere that you need to convert 1/2" or 5/8" OD tubing to NPT threads. All the fittings orderable from this page use 1/2" NPT threads (either male or female) and the compression side has options for 1/2" or 5/8" OD tubing. Made of Stainless Steel.
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Model: SSelbow - $4 +
Here we have a selection of 304 grade stainless steel threaded elbow fittings. All of these use 1/2" NPT threads.
- 90 degree female to female
- 45 degree female to female
- 90 degree male to female
Note: If you're about to buy street elbows as a makeshft hose barb for your camlock/silicone tubing system, what you're really looking for are these high flow elbow barbs!
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Model: locknut - $3.75 varies by size
Made of 304 stainless. "NPS" is National Straight Thread" which is the same as NPT except it doesn't taper. The 1/2" NPS version is what is used on 1/2" NPT nipples for creating bulkheads. We sell ready made weldless bulkheads but if you have some other DIY project, you can get them here. The 1" is used to make a heating element weldless.
If you need an oring for the 1" NPS version for a weldless heating element install, they are on the gaskets page.
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Model: 12coup - $3.25
This 1/2" coupling is typically what you'd have welded into your vessel as the bulkhead drain or to add any flexible ports. The full coupling (pictured on right) gives you female threads on both end (bulkheads) and the half coupling (no picture) provides threads on one end which is appropriate for a thermometer port or dedicated weld-in port for the sight glasses that use 1/2" NPT. Cast 304 stainless.
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Model: adapter - $2.50
If you're trying to adapt between two different threaded pipe fittings (NPT), see if one of these might fix you up.
We currently have two hex reducing bushing sizes:
1/2" male x 3/8" female
1/2" male x 1/4" female
and two reducing couplings:
3/4" female x 1/2" female
1/2" female x 1/4" female
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Model: ProbeComp - $15+ 
If you want to insert a narrow digital thermometer probe into a a hole in your vessel, a threaded fitting such as a tee or a coupling welded into your vessel, here's how to do it. This fitting has 1/2" OR 1/4 male NPT on one end and will accept up to a .25" diameter probe (see notes). The included orings make a leak free connection. You can also get this as a weldless setup. See more info for application pictures, etc.
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 Model: NPTplug - $2
304 Stainless Steel NPT Plug. Nothing fancy here, just what you'll need if you want to seal off a female threaded port either temporarily or permanently.
If you are looking to plug off the open port on the compact sight tee (WLSTNT), the correct size is 1/4" NPT.
Don't forget the teflon tape on the threads.
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 Model: 12nipple - $1.99 +
This 1/2" nipple is typically what you'd have use to make a weldless bulkhead or connect a coupling to a ball valve. It comes in several lengths, see the drop down below. 304 stainless.
Keep in mind, the close nipples have no flat area of pipe as the threads on each end meet in the middle. Starting with the 1.5", there is more and more flat pipe area in the middle. The 8" works nicely for a SANKE bottom drain with a few extra parts.
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 Model: 12tee - $3.99
304 Stainless Steel TEE fitting with 1/2" NPT female threads on all ends. Don't forget theteflon tape!
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Model: barb - $4 any type
We offer 4 different varieties of these stainless steel hose barbs. This item is commonly threaded into the output side of a kettle drain valve when all you want to do is put a piece of tubing on.
First, two different barb sizes are available. The 1/2" barb works for rigid tubing (thermoplastic) that is 1/2" inside diameter. The ID of the barb itself is about 3/8" and wouldn't normally present a flow issue. If you want maximum flow and are using tubing that can stretch a bit (Silicone), we also have 5/8" OD barbs with interiors just under 1/2". Just about any 1/2" ID tubing can stretch to 5/8" and we highly recommend the 5/8" barb.
Both the 1/2" and 5/8" hose barbs come as either a 1/2" NPT MALE or 1/2" NPT FEMALE thread on the other end.
Bottom line, if you're on a budget, this is the cheapest way to adapt 1/2" NPT pipe thread to a hose connection. We much prefer using the camlock disconnect system for this purpose, but it's more expensive.
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