Matt
>
> I did learn something about the differences in fittings from
> all this though... T, U, I/M, etc. I didn't realize there
> was such variability.
That is exactly why I looked into the air flow differences a few (Few?
More like 10!) years ago. We I first got my air compressor nearly 30
years ago, I picked the fittings at the local store. Naturally, the
ones I picked were an uncommon one - a few years later, I could never
find matching fittings, and when I did, they were usually about 5 times
the price of the common ones.
I finally bit the bullet, and whet to my local Home Depot. They had
bins of air fittings, and they were the common type (not sure which one
of the T, U, I/M, etc. that they actually are though). But I've always
been sure of an easy supply of the proper fittings at cheap prices. The
ones that they sell at Home Depot are the same as those sold in the bins
at Lowes, Harbor Freight, etc. They are also the type that come with
the new air tools when they include a fitting with it.
I have avoided the Harbor Freight fittings as they just don't seem to be
as good a quality as the Home Depot/Lowes fittings. I also learned to
avoid the "universal" fittings that are supposed to couple with
different types of fittings - they don't seal as well as the "one size
fits one" fittings.
Tim Mullen
Chantilly, VA
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