[Shop-talk] Air hose with 3/8" fittings?

[Eric J Russell]

> I need to replace the crumbling air hose in my retractable air hose reel.
>  the hose has male 3/8" NPT fittings instead of the usual 1/4" NPT 
> fittings.

If you can't find hose with 3/8" fittings (it doesn't seem very common) you
could buy a new hose and have the old fittings re-attached. A place that
makes hoses can re-use the old fittings and crimp them into the new hose.

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC