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What is an olive remover?

Chris Chris
12th August 2021

What is an olive remover?
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Olive removers, olive cutter, olive puller, plumbing tools, 2036T Olive Puller 15/22mm Monument Olive Puller 15/22mm is ideal when removing 15 mm or 22 mm olives from copper piping without damaging the attached pipe. Olive Cutting Tools The Monument olive cutting tool is designed to remove an olive from copper pipe without damaging the pipe and without producing swarf/debris. An olive remover is a hand tool used in plumbing maintenance. There are two main types of olive remover: olive cutters and olive pullers.
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What is an olive?

An olive is a small metal ring, typically made from copper, brass or steel, and used in plumbing to create a seal in compression fittings. Olives vary in shape and size but are most commonly found in the form of a ring with beveled edges.
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What is a compression fitting?

A compression fitting is a plumbing device used to join two pieces of pipe together. The device is made up of two compression fitting nuts, two olives, and a compression fitting body.

What are the different parts of an olive cutter?
Olive Cutting Tools The Monument olive cutting tool is designed to remove an olive from copper pipe without damaging the pipe and without producing swarf/debris. An olive cutter is a hand-operated tool similar to a pair of pliers. It has two handles, pivot points and cutting blades.
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Handles

The handles on a pair of olive cutters are typically made from metal, with a plastic cover for increased grip and ease of use.
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Pivot points

The pivot points on this model of cutter are three rivets that work together as a mechanism to create a forward motion.
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Cutting blades

An olive cutter has two sharp cutting blades which are used to snip off the olive from around the pipe.

What are the different parts of an olive puller?
olive puller, olive remover tool, plumbing copper pipes, copper olive Olive Cutting Tools The Monument olive cutting tool is designed to remove an olive from copper pipe without damaging the pipe and without producing swarf/debris. The olive puller has several different parts and can be adapted to either 15mm (0.6in) or 22mm (0.9in) copper pipes. It has a T-bar handle, a threaded spindle, a 15mm and 22mm body, and a 15mm and 22mm pusher.
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T-bar handle

The T-bar handle is used to rotate the spindle. It consists of a short metal bar with plastic capped ends for increased grip and ease of use.
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Threaded spindle

The spindle is turned via the T-bar handle and its thread interacts with and draws up the body.
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Body (15mm and 22mm)

The body of the olive puller interacts with the spindle and screws into the compression fitting locking nut.

Please note: Although the bodies are described as 15mm and 22mm, their internal diameters are actually slightly greater than this as they have to be fitted over pipes of those measurements.
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Pusher (15mm and 22mm)

The pusher is placed inside the pipe the olive is attached to and its blind hole end acts as a barrier for the spindle to push against.

Please note: the 15mm and 22mm pushers have a diameter fractionally less than this as they need to be fitted inside pipes of those measurements.

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