So a while back I hooked up a aftermarket water separator filter which you can see is the blue canister in the picture. Well me being stubborn at times, I never mounted the canister correctly onto the pressure pot. So the large separator was dangling there, pulling down on the manifold and putting pressure onto the hose making somewhat of a kink.
Through time this small kink lead to a air leak. Bummer! Anyway, you could replace it or if the leak is near the end, you can cut off the part with the hole. This is what I did and wanted to share how I did it so you don’t have to buy a new one.
Basically, these rubber hoses are connected to a barbed fitting with a permanent metal clamp around it. All you have to do is grind off the metal clamp collar. Follow the steps below:
- Trim off the hose right before the hole with a knife.
- Grind off or cut off metal collar with a angle grinder or rotary tool (such as Dremel tool or RotoZip)
- You will see a a barbed fitting underneath the collar.
- As long as you still have enough hose to reach up, you can connect it back onto the barbed fitting, then use a hose clamp.
In the photo you can see me connecting the newly trimmed off and fixed hose. I held up the parts so you can see the barbed fitting with hose clamp, and where it goes. I hope this tip helps someone. If not now, eventually it may so keep this in mind. I’m sure I will get another 5+ years out of this hose. You could also rig up a metal hose with a union. Have any questions? Please leave a comment below!
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Hi Eric. I am an artist living in Australia. If you check out my website you can see that I am a professional artist. With the economic downturn I am trying to develop a new art product sandblasting designs into mirrors and glass to make layered three dimensional art pieces. I have purchased a small pressure pot like you use and also venturi sandblasting pot. currently I am using a 25 cfm compressor. I hope to get a larger one soon. My question is which set-up should I try to develop further to get a deep and quick etching into the glass and mirror? I have tried the 1/8 tip on both but the pressure pot still does not seem to do much. the venturi works, but just OK. I want to know how and what I should use to get a deep and strong blast. Thanks for your time and hopefully you will be able to make some recommendations. Regards, Carlos Sanchez
Carlos,
What type of abrasive are you using? Harder abrasive like silicon carbide and aluminum oxide will carve quicker than all other softer types.
If you are carving very deep and the glass is large, the only solution would be to get larger equipment. I have seen awesome large decorative panels on vacation in the Bahamas which I am guessing is the type of stuff you are doing.
Other than that, many people etch acrylic glass instead because it carves quicker. I believe those same deco panels that I saw on vacation were acrylic.
Hey, Eric. Y’know, I just finished refurbishing a buncha hoses to donate to some guys that used them to raise a very reciently sunken ketch, ( a two-masted sailing ship). They decended the few meters to the thing using scuba gear and stuffed the hull full of deflated inner tubes that they also got for free. However, they DID have to pay fourty bucks for a used wheel-around, home-type compresser and borrowed the portable gas-powered generator and extension cords to complete their project. They had to take turns dunking under to change the air chuck connection for each tube filled….a pretty-involved process as the filled tubes kept getting in the way of accessing the uninflated ones. Anyway, the ‘revamped’ hose couplers worked at least as well as the rest of their set-up and they actually succeded in floating, then stabilizing and towing the boat to a safer, dryer destination. The boat had been declared a total-loss by the owners’ insurance company as well as the Coast Guard, and they now own it as maritime salvage. The craft was originally Christened and launched less than two years ago. Keep-on blastin’.