[TheForge] Sand blaster problem: hose blows off

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Make a stout , 2 part clamp that bolts together?
Look and see what the commercial ones look like if you wanna get fancy.
I've done it with split pipe sections, 
Welded on studs on all 4 corners on one side to fit
the heavy washers welded on the other 1/2 pipe.
Tightened down convincingly.

On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:


I have this nice little sand blaster, not what you'd want to clean up a
ship but okay for smallish stuff -- maybe a 10 gal. pressure tank.
Had it for a couple of years and never used it. Now I need it.

Only the hose keeps blowing off.  Very heavy hose, slides over
ribbed nipples on hand set and feed valve, held with wire hose clamps.
Blew off at both ends (gun and feed) at different times.

Gummed it on with silicone sealant and reset the clamps. Came off
again. Potentially dangerous. Not good.

Is there some kind of standard hose connector for sandblasters?
Anybody have suggestions?  Finding parts will involve a 75 mi. trip to
the hot and sticky city.  I could use some suggestions as a starting
point.

I could, of course, try gluing the hose on with JB Weld or Gorilla
glue but the hose should be removable facilitate clearing any blockage
in the valve on the bottom of the tank.  So a successful glue job
would require excess disassembly or PITA destructive methods for
removal when maintainance is required.


- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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mspencer at tallships.ca                                     /( )\
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