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Garden Hose End Re-thread Die NSN 08-27-2006
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Posted by k on August 27, 2006, 9:39 pm

>
>
>> HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
>> my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
>> type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
>> .. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
>> hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
>> accept the repair "kits".
>>
>> So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?
>>
>> Norm
>
> Why do we always get the "HOWEVER" after the fact? For the cost of a new
> die, you can buy a new 125 foot hose at WalMart with a 10 year gaurantee.
>
thank you.



Posted by Erik on August 28, 2006, 2:27 am

> >
> >
> >> HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
> >> my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
> >> type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
> >> .. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
> >> hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
> >> accept the repair "kits".
> >>
> >> So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?
> >>
> >> Norm
> >
> > Why do we always get the "HOWEVER" after the fact? For the cost of a new
> > die, you can buy a new 125 foot hose at WalMart with a 10 year gaurantee.
> >
> thank you.

Even better yet, go to Sears and buy one of their 'Craftsman' logo life
time guarantee hoses. They're black, possibly real rubber, available in
if I recall correctly, 50 and 75 foot lengths, and have beefy for real
machined brass couplings... not the flimsy stamped sheet metal ones like
most hoses today.

Check the packaging and make sure it has the 'Craftsman' logo and
lifetime guarantee info on the packaging, as not all Sears hoses are
lifetime.

They initially cost a few of bucks more, but unless lost or stolen, will
be the last hose you buy. Sears is great about replacing worn
out/damaged hoses without question, no receipt required! Through the
years I've probably taken back 5 or 6 for various reasons... including
one the gardner damaged with his mower. (I outright told them the reason
for the damage to this one, and they still replaced it on the spot!)

The downside is they tend to rub what appears to be black oxidized
rubber material off into your hands once they get to be a a few years
old, but for the most part said material seems to flush off easy with
just a little water.

Hose tip... if you coil your hose up on the ground, and space
permitting, try laying it out in a figure '8' pattern. So stored, you
can pick up the end, and pull the out hose full length kink free! Just
keep the end from dropping through any of the figure eight end loops...

Erik

Posted by mm on August 28, 2006, 12:33 pm
wrote:

>
>
>> HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
>> my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
>> type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
>> .. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
>> hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
>> accept the repair "kits".
>>
>> So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?
>>
>> Norm
>
>Why do we always get the "HOWEVER" after the fact?

Good qustion.

For the cost of a new
>die, you can buy a new 125 foot hose at WalMart with a 10 year gaurantee.
>
But then he wouldn't get to buy a new tool.


Posted by Sam E on August 28, 2006, 5:16 pm
wrote:

>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
>>> my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
>>> type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
>>> .. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
>>> hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
>>> accept the repair "kits".
>>>
>>> So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?
>>>
>>> Norm
>>
>>Why do we always get the "HOWEVER" after the fact?
>
>Good qustion.
>
> For the cost of a new
>>die, you can buy a new 125 foot hose at WalMart with a 10 year gaurantee.
>>
>But then he wouldn't get to buy a new tool.

"There's no such thing as a tool I don't need."

Posted by Thomas D. Horne, FF EMT on August 27, 2006, 10:26 pm
NSN wrote:
>
>> The male ends of many of my garden hoses have become somewhat chewed
>> up and I want to re-thread them properly. I have looked in my Mc
>> Master-Carr catalog under Die and GHT (Garden Hose Thread) but there
>> is no listing for the proper die .. either re-threading or primary. I
>> am sure that it is there under the proper size & pitch but I do not
>> know what that might be. Any and all help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Norm
>
> Thanks for the two replies. I have quite a few of those replacement
> ends .. both plastic and brass. HOWEVER !!! The internal surface of
> my hoses are hexagonal in shape .. not circular. Regardless of what
> type of repair product I use and regardless of how tight I clamp down
> .. they LEAK. I am 70 years of age and have been playing "repair the
> hose" most of my life with great success. These hoses just do not
> accept the repair "kits".
>
> So, once again .. any idea of where I can get a re-threading die?
>
> Norm
>

Your regional forest fire depot has a set and if you ask them really
nicely when there is nothing burning they will "chase" the threads for
you. Garden hose threads are used in mop up kits.
--
Tom Horne

Well we aren't no thin blue heroes and yet we aren't no blackguards to.
We're just working men and woman most remarkable like you.

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