Install Enhanced Bottom Fittings

4:20

12:44

213 views

At 4:20 in

This sand blaster was useless, Until I did this.

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

The presenter begins assembling the new bottom plumbing system. He starts by wrapping Teflon tape (a new roll, as the provided one was too thick) clockwise around the threads of the 1/2" x 3/8" hex nipple. He then screws this nipple into the bottom port of the sandblaster tank, tightening it with an adjustable wrench after cleaning debris from the threads with a pick. Next, he wraps the threads of the 1/2" ball valve with Teflon tape and attaches it to the hex nipple, ensuring the valve handle will swing downwards and not interfere with the tank. He then adds the 1/2" galvanized steel close nipple, also wrapped in Teflon tape, to the ball valve. To this, he attaches the 1/2" T-fitting, again with Teflon tape, making sure its outlets are oriented correctly (one pointing forward for the media hose and one downward). A 1/2" Male to 1/2" Female 45-degree elbow, also taped, is screwed into the bottom of the T-fitting to direct media flow downwards, followed by another 1/2" x 3/8" hex nipple.

Goal: Install larger diameter fittings to improve media flow and prevent clogging.

Tools and materials

1/2" Ball Valve ProLine — Controlling media flow
1/2" T-fitting VIEGA — Creating a three-way connection for media flow and air input
1/2" x 3/8" Hex Nipple Unspecified — Connecting the tank to the ball valve, and the 45-degree elbow to the coupling
Adjustable Wrench Unspecified — Tightening pipe fittings
Pick Tool Unspecified — Cleaning threads
Teflon Tape Unspecified — Sealing pipe threads to prevent air leaks

What they say

(1,936 characters)

Hide

We're going to go home. We're going to go ahead and just teflon this whole thing. So, I got the big teflon out now. Go ahead and teflon that up. Those threads up. So, go ahead and put the the T on. Now, make sure that your T isn't in the middle of your valve, right? So, make sure your valve swings down. Your tea can still kind of come up. I think I want to adjust this whole thing cuz our airline comes in from the back. So, I want to go ahead and try to get this whole thing one more turn. Our a line will come in from the back. I want to do the same for this. Just like that. So, now we're going to go right out the top here, right out the front for our airline hose barb. Go ahead and screw this in. Okay. And now this end of your hose is going to go right Oops. is going to go right on here like so. You'll tighten that down. Let's go ahead and put our half inch 1/2 inch 45 down here. and grab our 1/2 inch to 3/8 nipple the bottom and go ahead and tighten that up. We got everything nice and tight. We have our 3/8 to half inch nipple. I think that was like seven or eight eight bucks. Half in excuse me half inch ball valve close open doesn't hit to a half inch close nipple to a/2 inch T right/ inch to/ inch barb 1/2 in half inch 1/2 in male/ inch female 45 and then another half inch to 38 nipple. So, this fitting right here, I'm actually going to go ahead and put this and put this 3/8 coupling on there. Basically, I thought I could go ahead and just flip this hose, right? But I can't. This a compression fitting, and we have a compression fitting up there, and this is not along with this. So, I'm going to go ahead. I'm going to throw this on there, and then we'll be able to connect our hoses. All right. So, now I went ahead and put this on Now we got to put this one on. I'm going to go ahead and test on this and screw it into there. Okay. Now I got this tight. We're going to move it to the top. All right. So now

Auto-generated from the video audio.