looks like you are doing a fine job. The last one like that bought, the salesman showed me how to stretch the hose out. He told me to go the whole length of the hole stretching it longer little by little until it was stretched out. When he did this it made a crackling popping noise.
Those blue hoses sure drag thru walls and trusses nice when framing. I'll never go back to rubber for construction. Save that chit for the auto/home shop......
Am I overlooking a simple way to handle this type of air hose or is it the nature of the beast?
Coilhose Pneumatic Flexeel hoses won't coil up nice with air in them. You've got to disconnect them from the compressor or air source for them to cooperate. It drives me crazy, especially the 1/4" x100'. Like Huntsman22 said, they're light weight and a joy to drag all over a frame. There's a reason they built swivels into the factory ends. Those swivels are the weak link and IME have been the first thing to go. I just repaired one last month, cutting the crimped factory ends off and replacing with brass hose barbs secured with small,hose clamps. It's what I had on hand. I can't stand the sound of a pissing air hose or coupling, like a beaver and running water.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
My complaint about the plastic hoses is when it gets cold they get pretty stiff and if you get kink in one,it cracks,you get a leak. Rubber doesn't . I don't do framing,but use my compressor around the place a lot
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Flexeel hoses are extruded polyurethane. They are very light and flexible at all temperatures. Vinyl hose is probably what you're referring to by "plastic." It's best attribute is it's cheap.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
Flexeel hoses are extruded polyurethane. They are very light and flexible at all temperatures. Vinyl hose is probably what you're referring to by "plastic." It's best attribute is it's cheap.
Probably so. Probably what came with the compressors I bought.I took those off and replaced with rubber. Mostly because I had bought 200 feet of it at a farm auction for $10
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Use the backhand or over-under method of coiling it. Here's a video that shows it with a cable. It works nicely with hoses and extension cords, too. This will keep the kinks out. Every other loop is reversed so it nullifies the twist in the previous loop.
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