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Re: air grease gun tube

To: "Chris Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
Subject: Re: air grease gun tube
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:04:47 -0500
On 12/27/06, Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com> wrote:
>
> > All I can find at local stores is rubber that is
> > marked "for manual guns only."
>
> I haven't tried this, but were I in your place I'd reach for
> the yellow pages and find a local company that makes up
> hydraulic lines. I'm sure they can make up anything you need.

High-pressure grease hoses exist.  Most shops have a grease pump
sitting on a 120 lb grease drum, with a 10 or 30 foot hose connecting
the pump to the gun.  You can get shorter bits.  On the other hand, if
the air-operated gun we're talking about is one that takes 14 oz
tubes, I bit it doesn't develop more pressure than a lever-operated
one.  A good lever operated gun will generate 10,000 PSI.  (Quick
check...) The cheapie harbor freight gun claims 6,000 PSI.  I would
just use a normal extension, available wherever grease is sold.

The only time you'll see high pressure is when the fitting isn't
taking grease well, the normal pressure is pretty low.


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David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com




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