Lenny, Taking that thought one step further, Snap-on in the poop sheet for their line of compressors suggests cleaning the threads thoroughly with a soft brass brush and assembling with a drop of air-tool oil. You get a good seal, the air-tool oil repels any moisture that may develop and they are easy to take apart should the need arise.
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 8:14 AM To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] air hose connectors With the discussions on air hose length I thought that some information about installing air hose connectors would be helpful A few years ago when I purchased my compressor a pipe fitter friend went along. When we unpacked it I started getting the stuff to put the air hose together. I started wrapping Teflon tape and he stopped me. His first choice is a gas pipe dope. It has Teflon in it. He went on to tell me that if I use the tape or the pipe dope keep it about three threads away from the end. If it is all the way to the end of the hose end when you screw on the disconnect coupler a small piece of tape or pipe dope can come off. Then when you use your nail gun or other tool that small piece can end up inside and cause you to have a repair problem. Since he is a professional pipe fitter I listen to all of his advice. Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ It is motivational, educational, humorous and has a lot of resources. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 178135661) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178135661&m=1c6bde5fa8d1&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178135661&m=1c6bde5fa8d1&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178135661&m=1c6bde5fa8d1&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
