The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin

"Robin" wrote in message
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The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin


I don't really have any ideas Robin, but I've never had a problem with
anything getting in to my air tools - never had a need to seal them over.

--

-Mike-

"Robin" wrote in message
ups.com...
The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin


http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FU...ARTNUM=119-786 Not my idea,
but they work and are convenient enough to justify the exorbitant price.

Or you can try these. Much less expensive and they work well, but easier to
loose.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...110,42967&ap=1
"George" wrote in message
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"Robin" wrote in message
ups.com...
The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin


http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FU...ARTNUM=119-786 Not my
idea, but they work and are convenient enough to justify the exorbitant
price.

I checked out the web site and saw what looked to be miniature condoms
which is what "finger cots" look like. They are available in the
first aid section of the drug store, they might work, they might be
cheaper, and you can always use them for what they were intended,
which is to protect injured finger tips from dirt.

On Jan 28, 11:57 am, "Doug Brown" wrote:
Or you can try these. Much less expensive and they work well, but easier to
loose.http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=45858&cat=1,110,42967&ap=1"George" wrote in .tds.net...



"Robin" wrote in message
oups.com...
The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin

http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FU...ARTNUM=119-786 Not my
idea, but they work and are convenient enough to justify the exorbitant
price.

http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPR...ARTNUM=119-786

"Robin" wrote in message
ups.com...
The very nature of air tools has them "living" in environments with
dust and grit. To keep dirt out of the leader hose on my air tools I
cap them with baby bottle nipples on the quick disconnet fitting.
They are a good fit. . If you know someone raising an infant the
price and be really right as they need to be replaced, but they are
still good for my purposes. After a while they do get brittle and
they no longer work for my purposes, but I usually lose them before
that.

Perhaps there is a reason this isn't a good idea. I would be please
to hear you ideas.
Robin