Okay here is the long drawn out explanation as to what I have done, the reason for it and the reason for the way I did it.
First I didn't like the idea of not having a pressure gauge it was driving me nuts.
The reason I did it the way I did was because I didn't want to drill and tap into a vintage pressure cooker and ruin the antiquity of it be it what ever it is.
The down fall of the way I did it is there is only one presser port to go to both the weight gauge and the gauge.
The other way by drilling a new hole and installing a gauge would have given me two options in case one of them stopped up to see what was going on.
Not a big deal because I didn't have one anyway and I do have a high pressure blow plug.
Next you cant just install what I did without modifying the pipe.
It needs to have holes or slots cut into the bottom of the pipe so it cant stop up from just one hole.
That is for safety and the reason you see them.
I chose slots cut with a small slotting file four of them to be exact.
I was worried the gauge would flutter from the action of the weight gauge but there is enough volume in the pipe and fittings to overcome this and it is rock steady.
In the next post you will see the rather entertaining contraption.
It may very well be the only one in existence.
Worth