NSN wrote:
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:50:53 GMT, NSN wrote:

The male ends of many of my garden hoses have become somewhat chewed
up and I want to re-thread them properly. I have looked in my Mc
Master-Carr catalog under Die and GHT (Garden Hose Thread) but there
is no listing for the proper die .. either re-threading or primary. I
am sure that it is there under the proper size & pitch but I do not
know what that might be. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Norm

Thanks for the two replies. I have quite a few of those replacement
ends .. both plastic and brass. HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
.. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
accept the repair "kits".

So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?

Norm


Here is a fairly accurate (but not completely) rundown of threads for
fuild connections

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/pipethreadsizing.html

this link has better (IMO) / overlapping descriptions

http://www.dent-mfg.com/threadsizes.htm

the problem lies in that not all pipe thread is tapered, some is
straight

garden hose thread is a slightly different animal (straight thread)
larger OD than 3/4 pipe AND coarser thread!

http://www.acehose.com/threadinfo.htm

even more thread info..............

http://www.gates.com/downloads/files...0die%20hose%22

To answer Norm's orignal question........

I struck out finding an "off the shelf" soultion

even at MSC.com (lot of special threads) I couldn't find it

you could give these guys a call, they might have it

www.victornet.com
1-800-723-5359

If you've just gotta have one.........you could have it custom made
http://www.tapcousa.com/default.asp

or
http://www.widell.com/ these guys had the GHT tap stock, but not the
die

http://www.widell.com/2005catalog.pd...hread%20die%22

cheers
Bob