Tapping 3/8 ftp on a hose reel

JBurd

JBurd

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The other day i went to thread some hose into my brand new cox reel, and without a swivel on the hose I fought it until i did some damage to the female threads on the reel. I picked up a tap and die set to chase the threads but the tap labeled 3/8 is much smaller than what I need. From my measurement, it is closer to 11/16. Does anyone know the exact tap? Or does anyone have a better idea to help me get some hose on this reel?
 
The 3/8" in a tap and die set is 3/8" bolt size. You need a 3/8" npt tap. After you get the threads straightened out, get a hydraulic swivel adapter to put on the reel, then screw it on your hose.
 
I think the threads on the reel are tapered
 
when you tap a hole, or chase them, still use the same proceedure..
turn in 3/4 turn, back-out 1/4 turn,
turn-in 3/4 turn, back-out 1/4,
repeat..
this will make good, clean threads.
for perfect threads every time, and the perfect seal to 10kpsi..
use a good sticky grease as a lubricant.
..
please note I did not post a lubricant joke here,
i'm trying to behave today :{p
 
I had 6 pipe tap and die ship to me from harbor frieght or Norther tool. for about $28. Now its not top of the line but I hardly use them. item#91395
They come in a nice wooden box.
sizes 1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2 pipe tap and die

I use them to make my own alum. poles lenghts.
 
I bought some at the hardware store a while back and repair wands that get broken or bent, just cut off the bad part and re-thread it and put things back together.

I don't use swivels on the hose reels anymore except the water supply hose, I have plug/coupler on the jumper from the pressure washer that connects to the hose on the reel.

I do this for many different reasons like large projects where I have to string out a lot of hose, sometimes 1225' of pressure hose to wash buildings, easier to just disconnect from the jumper, drop the hose and drag it to the next area instead of rolling up the hose then rolling it back up.

Also got tired of swivels leaking then going bad often.

I just replaced the superswivel on the garden hose reel, got 4 years out of the first one.
 
Nope, you have to get a pipe Die to thread wands.
 
At Harbor Freight they have a npt tap and die set in a small wooden box like Scott was talking about, I have one and it does work good.

The only problem is threading pipe, the die does not come with a handle and I have looked all around this city and nobody sells a handle that big for those dies.

It will be tricky to start the die onto the pipe straight, I have started some and the threads were started crooked and would not work so I had to cut them off and start over.

Maybe Russ or Jerry have some advice for using a die without a handle (round die, no sides to get a large crescent wrench around)?

I had some stainless steel wands that the threads started leaking so I cut them off and had a very hard time trying to cut the pipe and found out that you need a different type of die for stainless steel as it dulls the dies quickly. None of the machine shops here would thread the stainless steel but if they would, they have a minimum charge of $60 which for that price you can get a whole new wand with threads and shipping, probably 2 wands and shipping depending on where you bought it. I had to get the Rigid hand held pipe threader which has a shaft the pipe slides into so that the threads are started off straight. This cost a lot but I needed it to fix 4 stainless steel wands I had along with 5 aluminum and a couple of steel wands. I have the regular Rigid die for the steel and aluminum.

I am sure Russ or Jerry have some good advice for cutting pipe threads with a die that does not have a handle.
 
That is what you want. While you are at it, I would get the 3/8's and 1/2 inch tap and dies. They are the sizes that you would most likely be using to repair stuff in our world.
 
JBurd said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W6JYM8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UUAJN4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

will this combo work?
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If it is possible, contact them to make sure that the die will fit into the handle as there are many different sizes of dies out there, it would suck to get the die that does not fit into that handle.

I actually use my 1/4" die more than anything to cut threads onto pipes, only used the 3/8" tap on a hose reel threads once and one time on something else. They are not that expensive to get what you want or need.
 
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