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Re: Pnuematic fittings

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Originally Posted by lemiant View Post
Would this be legal hose?

http://www.princessauto.com/power-tr...matic-hose-red

It's the right dimension, but 125 max PSI seems to be cutting it a bit tight.
I don't recall Princess Auto carrying the hose but a new colour hose comes in the KOP every year - the supplier was taking suggestions at the championships. You can buy approved hose from McMaster Carr. The big advantage of Princess Auto is that you have two in Calgary and they're a lot cheaper than McMaster Carr.

Incidentally, National Pipe Thread (NPT) is tapered at 3/4" per foot or 1:16 so that the threads lock to give a seal (assisted by Teflon tape or pipe dope). 1/8 NPT has 27 threads per inch. We had an issue this past season with some Festo solenoids that had been anodized after threading so that the push fittings wouldn't thread in. We had to re-cut the threads with a 1/8 NPT tap.