Just taken delivery of my new compressor, I have had a small one I bought years ago with a nailer kit. This one I want to use for paint spraying. It is a 3Hp piston compressor. Had a problem straight away with the fittings. On my old one they were all standard 1/4 bsf, the new hose and compressor are fitted with PCL XF euro fitting which did not match my air tools, spray gun etc. I changed to XF Female only to find they leaked because the thread on the air tools was shorter and did not seat properly. Also the XF have a taper at the bottom where as the male fittings on the spray gun etc is flat. I have had to remove the original 1/4 bsf fitting from the air tools and replace with XF male. Problem is some are sealed in and may damage the air tool if I try and remove them. My question is do they make a female XF euro fitting with a shorter thread and flat seating. What else can I do.
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brightspark
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leave the existing fittings on your tools u cant change. get a y fitting on the end of your hose and have both types of sockets. then make up 2 couple of meter leads and plugs one of each type . plug in whichever u need
