Air Hose

[edward]

On my Dewalt the air hose is loose where the plastic meets the ball, does anyone have any ideas how to fix this.  thanks  edward

[MrsN]

I have 2 dewalts in my school shop. Both have broken air hoses because high school kids got rough. I simply wrap electrical tape around to hold it to the post. It works pretty well as long as you are fairly careful with positioning the air hose, I end up re-taping it every couple of weeks. 

 

I sort of want to try heating up the plastic piece and then pressing it back on to the round post. something like boiling water that wouldn't melt the hose but make it slightly pliable. I haven't done it yet because I don't have a good way to get boiling water in the shop.

[browders]

My air hose cracked at the junction with the machine. I was able to remove that section and press the next section onto the fitting. I had to push pretty hard, but it's worked ok since.

[amazingkevin]

i wound and wound and wound rubber bands around my dw788 still working good

[rjR]

I used plan C!

 

After separating the cracked segment, I carefully heated the next section with a heat gun--(Like a hair dryer-- just designed for heat--H-F special) let it get semi-fluid--- shoved it over and used a plier to crimp it down- needle nose and on saw side of knob--(it was hot enough to burn fingers)-- has worked well ever since and that is a few years ago already!)

 

I had forgotten about it until this post.

 

I had tried the tape and rubber bands thing and it did not work well! This took longer-- better results.

[sawdust1]

Use a small hose clamp, works great.

 

Bob

[JustLarry]

Also used hair dryer to heat up connection and pushed it together.  If in need of a new hose and you do not want to spend $20.00 for the DeWalt replacement you may want to give a look at these:

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=oil+water+flexible+coolant+pipe&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aoil+water+flexible+coolant+pipe

 

Larry

[amazingkevin]

Wow Larry  those are really neet, good find

[ike]

I worked in a machine shop ant there is a tool that works very well , and there is extra links for this  if that interest you try granger of  MSM they have it.  at least when was working,

[DWSUDEKUM]

I have 2 dewalts in my school shop. Both have broken air hoses because high school kids got rough. I simply wrap electrical tape around to hold it to the post. It works pretty well as long as you are fairly careful with positioning the air hose, I end up re-taping it every couple of weeks. 

 

I sort of want to try heating up the plastic piece and then pressing it back on to the round post. something like boiling water that wouldn't melt the hose but make it slightly pliable. I haven't done it yet because I don't have a good way to get boiling water in the shop.

A hair dryer should work well for that.

[Kragax]

Those tubes from Amazon look great. I solved most of my dust problem by using the end of a ball point pen to neck down the tube from the pump, but Im going to order one of these. I have the tube mounted on a clothes hangar wire and its a pain.

[Wilson's Woodworking]

I worked in a machine shop ant there is a tool that works very well , and there is extra links for this  if that interest you try granger of  MSM they have it.  at least when was working,

I think this is what you are talking about Ike. I keep a pair in my tool box at work all the time. It is a lot easier than snapping them together by hand.

 

http://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/09777020

 

Here is a link for loc line if anyone needs it but you can probably find them cheaper on eBay.

 

http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/Coolant-System-Hose-Nozzles-Accessories?navid=4294719525+12107422&searchterm=Loc-Line

[Doug]

This link is to the manufacturer of what Larry took you to on Amazon

 

http://www.modularhose.com/Loc-Line-14-System

 

and if you ever get frustrated enough with trying to assemble two pieces of Loc-Line, get their special tool - it avoids much frustration and language you do not what your grandchildren to hear

 

http://www.modularhose.com/Loc-Line-14-System/14-miscellaneous

 

If you ever need to hook the Loc-Line to the metal under the upper arm where the bellows is, take the metal piece off the upper arm to use the Loc-line tool.  You do not want to know how long it took me to find a simple way to do this or why I even needed to do this.

[edward]

I put a hose clamp over it like Bob said, and seems to work.  Thanks  edward

[Doug]

I think this is what you are talking about Ike. I keep a pair in my tool box at work all the time. It is a lot easier than snapping them together by hand.

 

http://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/09777020

 

Here is a link for loc line if anyone needs it but you can probably find them cheaper on eBay.

 

http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/Coolant-System-Hose-Nozzles-Accessories?navid=4294719525+12107422&searchterm=Loc-Line

Danny

 

We must have been typing at the same time - it just took me longer to get the links and click on "post".

[Fish]

When mine broke on my first saw I used an aquarium air pump and some plastic tubing and a short piece of 1/4" copper tubing. Worked fine. I still have it as a backup.

[heppnerguy]

If the link attaching it to the machine is cracked then i would throw it away. One less link is not a big deal. I had mine pulled off by my grandson messing with my saw when I was not there. Is just pushes back on. it is very  difficult to do but that is how they are put on. I finally boiled mine in a pan of water and then after it was hot I laid my machine on it's side and was able to push it back on. The heat gun or hair dryer suggestion looks like maybe an even better idea than mine, the heating up of the link is for expansion purposes. It is never easy to get back on but that is what they do at the DeWalt repair shop. Push really hard....no I said REALLY HARD... there even though you did not think it would work, it did 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Wilson's Woodworking]

If the link attaching it to the machine is cracked then i would throw it away. One less link is not a big deal. I had mine pulled off by my grandson messing with my saw when I was not there. Is just pushes back on. it is very  difficult to do but that is how they are put on. I finally boiled mine in a pan of water and then after it was hot I laid my machine on it's side and was able to push it back on. The heat gun or hair dryer suggestion looks like maybe an even better idea than mine, the heating up of the link is for expansion purposes. It is never easy to get back on but that is what they do at the DeWalt repair shop. Push really hard....no I said REALLY HARD... there even though you did not think it would work, it did 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

Let’s hope they have the right tool for the right job at DeWalt. I can't imagine having to snap hundreds of those together in a day without my pliers that are designed to do the job. My fingers would wear out after just a few.        

 

[Joe W.]

On 8/17/2014 at 3:30 PM, browders said:

My air hose cracked at the junction with the machine. I was able to remove that section and press the next section onto the fitting. I had to push pretty hard, but it's worked ok since.

I had the same thing with my scroll saw.    
First I tried JB Weld epoxy and soaking it in boiling water and then pushing the end onto the bellows output metal on the side - didn't work. 
I pushed so hard on the end of the air hose the small crack got bigger to the point where I decided to pull that piece off.  Surprisingly, it easily separated from the  rest of the air hose. 
With the end of the air hose still hot from the boiling water, I pushed the end of the air hose onto the bellows output and it went on easily with a little bit of force.

Off to a good start for the day! 

[barb.j.enders]

I used a hair dryer to warm the next joint in the hose, pushed it on to the machine.  I believe Steve Good did a demo on this.