RickyBeers
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Figured I would share this:
I'm sure there are plenty of other options out there, and depending on what your LHBS has, you may have much simpler solutions.
For me, in Cincinnati, I couldn't find a good solution for 6mm (or 1/4") tubing that would also fit any variation of the gas disconnects I had available.
I work in the automation industry so I went through an SMC pneumatics catalog and found:
TU0604 - 6mm tubing (blue)
TU0805 - 8mm tubing (clear)
KQ2H06-08A (8mm - 6mm reducer fitting)
I stuck with the typical 3/8" barb gas disconnect. It was a bit tight with the 8mm tubing but a few minutes of wiggling and pushing worked.
Every region of the US has a distributor for a pneumatic line, and the fitting is a few bucks, and they will almost guaranteed cut you a few feet of the tubing for a buck or two, in my case it was free...
I'm sure there are plenty of other options out there, and depending on what your LHBS has, you may have much simpler solutions.
For me, in Cincinnati, I couldn't find a good solution for 6mm (or 1/4") tubing that would also fit any variation of the gas disconnects I had available.
I work in the automation industry so I went through an SMC pneumatics catalog and found:
TU0604 - 6mm tubing (blue)
TU0805 - 8mm tubing (clear)
KQ2H06-08A (8mm - 6mm reducer fitting)
I stuck with the typical 3/8" barb gas disconnect. It was a bit tight with the 8mm tubing but a few minutes of wiggling and pushing worked.
Every region of the US has a distributor for a pneumatic line, and the fitting is a few bucks, and they will almost guaranteed cut you a few feet of the tubing for a buck or two, in my case it was free...
