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Understand Gun Thread Types

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The presenter explains that there are two main types of threads on paint sprayer guns: 7/8 inch (also known as G-threads) and 11/16 inch (also known as F-threads). He clarifies that almost all guns he has encountered, and most modern ones, use 11/16 inch threads. If a gun has 7/8 inch threads and the guards are 11/16 inch, an adapter can be used to convert the thread size.

Goal: Learn about the two primary thread types for paint sprayer guns (7/8" G-threads and 11/16" F-threads) and the use of adapters for compatibility.

Tools and materials

  • Adapter
  • Paint Sprayer Guns (various)

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of guns. Now, which ones can you use? Which which? So, it's kind of which which um kind of interesting. But when it comes to the threads on guns, we'll start off with the threads. There's two types of threads. There's 7/8 threads and there's 1116 threads. 11 threads are also referred to as F threads. The 7/8 threads are referred to as Gth threads. Now, with all these guns right here and all the guns I've ever used, the only threads I've ever encountered are 1116 inch threads. I've never encountered a 7/8 in thread. Now, there is if you do have a gun that's 7/8 and all your guards are 11/16, you can get an adapter to put on your gun that will convert it to a um 11/16 in gun. So, but all these

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