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1. Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>; Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:20:48 -0400; I've only had my compressor 2 months and I am already sick of the chintzy air chucks and blow guns I've picked up at the local stores. Yes, multiple purchases and no satisfaction. No recognizable bra; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00062.html (7,493 bytes)
2. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:04:47 -0400 (EDT); What is the problem you're seeing? I've always just gotten air chucks and blow guns from whatever cheapy source was at hand. Never had an issue. I do like the "handle with a lever trigger" style blo; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00064.html (8,080 bytes)
3. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>; Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:39:37 -0500; 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 m; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00065.html (7,981 bytes)
4. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:42:58 -0400 (EDT); 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 co; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00073.html (8,253 bytes)
5. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:12:55 -0700; After equipping my entire shop with them, and then discovering that they only last a few years before they start leaking badly ... I don't think they are way better. For a leak-free connection, I ca; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00074.html (8,365 bytes)
6. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:20:20 -0500; Interesting side note....my best freind and I are always loaning tools to each other... so we decided on standardizing our air nipples to Milton Type M ... the obvious advantage is we match... but al; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00075.html (8,234 bytes)
7. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:13:14 -0700; I also had picked an odd brand of couplers. They were cheap and available at the time when I first bought them. Later as I needed more, they were hard to find, and expensive when I did. I finally dec; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00076.html (9,319 bytes)
8. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:23:00 -0500; You know... now that I really think about this and the hassles I've had over the years.... why didn't I do this 20 yrs ago... spend like 200 bucks and just put a bazillion of them in stock... K --; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00077.html (8,246 bytes)
9. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:28:44 -0400; Keith writes... I did something similar. I had all my connections standard and then my buddy had another type. So I just made up an adaptor to use his stuff. Works great and I didn't have to spend th; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00078.html (8,673 bytes)
10. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:53:31 -0700 (PDT); I use Milton M and Milton T. Milton M goes on tools and hoses that may see oil. Milton T goes on tools and hoses that may *not* see oil (like painting and blasting gear). Of course, I have converters; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00079.html (8,608 bytes)
11. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:16:56 -0400; The other "good use up up front time" is to buy a manifold and plumb some hoses to various parts of your shop, including the door so you can inflate tires and sandblast outside. It doesn't have to be; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00081.html (9,303 bytes)
12. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:29:53 -0700; I did this as a temporary installation in our previous house. Then when we moved to the current house 11 years ago, I mounted the hoses as a "temporary fix" again. I have hoses running to two hose re; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00082.html (9,238 bytes)
13. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:37:48 -0400; Yep, still waiting for that upgrade day myself... No doubt we are losing some pressure down the narrow line, but a lot of that can be mitigated by putting a regulator at the end of the hose. For non; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00083.html (10,047 bytes)
14. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Marc Siegel" <smarc@abs.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:09:35 -0400; Do you guys leave the hoses pressurized all the time? I could deal with some pressure loss, as the stuff I do is not critical, but I would be worried about the hose... I usually turn the regulator co; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00084.html (9,274 bytes)
15. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:41:04 -0400; I try not to lose sleep over it, but... I generally just switch the compressor off when I am done, but leave it pressurized. So as long as I do work again in a day or two it's still fully charged up.; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00087.html (9,608 bytes)
16. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:08:52 -0500; I never turn my air off to the lines or the electrical.... it's a 2 stage 80 gal unit and it might come on once a week for leakage... ( not sure that's even accurate... it might be less ).... I usual; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00088.html (8,884 bytes)
17. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:23:19 -0700; 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 i; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00089.html (10,313 bytes)
18. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:30:16 -0700; It doesn't really matter with my set up. I have an automatic water drain on my compressor. It has a very slow controlled leak, and when the pressure drops below about 10 PSI it opens up and drains al; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00090.html (9,368 bytes)
19. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:42:48 -0700; Tell me more !!! I get a LOT of water in my tank and I forget to drain way too often. mike; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00092.html (8,888 bytes)
20. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:46:29 -0700; As others have said, I turn the power to the compressor off when I'm done. That way, if something should fail when I'm not home, I don't also have to pay to run the compressor continuously until I d; /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00093.html (9,566 bytes)

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