When I first built my current shop I put the spring loaded female chucks
on both the air reels. They worked fine for the first few years. Lately
I've found that the outside lip of the brass coupler is mushrooming
back, probably from repeated dropping the end of the air hose on the
floor . This is causing the coupler to not lock on fully every so often.
Sometimes it will seem like it's locked on when you initially hook up
the tool, only to fly off later while you are using the tool.
May have the same problem with the manual locking ones as well I
suppose. I can probably fix it by taking a file to the brass lip, but of
course that would be too easy... much better to struggle repeatedly with
the problem, cursing it every time, and vowing to "fix that" someday.:)
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns
>
> Howdy,
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Karl Vacek wrote:
> > Milton is pretty much the original air line quick disconnect,
although
> > they sell foreign stuff today too. Available at NAPA among others.
> > Watch out for incompatibilities among some brands, but the most
popular
> > generic couplers match Milton.
>
> Hey, so I've had a chance to use a cool type of quick connect at a
buddies
> shop... Its a spring loaded deal that you just push the nipple into
and
> it locks into place. No need to hold the release collar down.
>
> This sounds kinda silly, but after using one I think its definately
way
> better.
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