Airbrush connection conundrum

"Catenary" wrote in news:4a7070ec$0$2533$ snipped-for-privacy@news.zen.co.uk:

If you are just looking for fittings go to the local Home Depot, Lowes, Ace, etc and go to the air tool section. That's where I got all my bits and pieces. The hose that runs from the compressor/tank to the airbrush has the same size female fitting on both ends. I beleive it's the same for all airbrushes and that it is a standard size. If your compressor/tank has the standard spring loaded fitting you just need the small nipple that snaps into it. I got mine as a nipple to male and then a female same size as nipple threaded end to male same size as hose end. Take the hose with you, all the fittings where I shopped where in open bins. A little bit of Teflon tape to in case of leaky threads. Be observant there are 2 types of nipple, I couldn't tell you the difference right now but they do not interchange.

If you "have" to know the size just call Badger.

Frank

on 7/29/2009 11:55 AM (ET) Catenary wrote the following:

If you are talking about the fitting at the compressor, it is 1/4 NTP. If you are talking about the small fitting at the airbrush, I don't know. If you find out let me know. :-)

As far as I was aware, badger use M5 threads.

I will go and check with one of my hoses and an M5 bolt.

Cheers,

Nigel

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No it isn't. Just tried it - about the same size as M5 but much finer. Unless there is a FINE variant of the Metric thread, it isn't M5.

Cheers,

Nigel

"Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>" As far as I was aware, badger use M5 threads.

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Metric Fine Thread, M5x0.5

Thanks guys for your adivce.

I measured, sort of, the thread size last night and got about 0.5mm pitch. I thought M5 only came in one thread pitch of 0.8mm, However, the table I was looking at has a continuation for fine threads which I hadn't noticed eariler!

So, my bargin 1/8"BSP to M5 adaptor, purchased at a princely sum of £0.41 can now be used as a fishing line weight! Looks like I'm going to have to fork out for a more expensive adaptor now. I can't beleive one company is charging £4.99 for the adaptor.

Thanks again.

But, airbrush manufacturers offer a reducer to reduce 1/4 PT to that small thread on the end of the hose- many hobby shops carry those reducers. Several manufacturers of airbrushes use the same thread for that.

Thanks for that info. I bought a cheapo air brush that had a compression fitting at the airbrush rather than the Badger type brass fitting. I Have 5 airbrushes, mostly Badger. Sometimes, it is more efficient to change the airbrush with the different color paint than to clean the airbrush to apply the next color. Then I clean them all at once.

When I was looking for various bits to go between my compressor and badger airbrushes, I went to a welding supply store.

I took along the airbrush, the hose, and the original regulator.

For under $20 (US) I was able to get a large dialed regulator that had easy to read 1 lb. increments (the one that came with the compressor was very tiny and difficult to read the increments), adapters and connectors to allow the compressor end of my hose to be a quick release, and an adapter for the hose to the airbrush.