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1/8" to 5MM compressor adapter?

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  • Member since
    December 2007
  • From: Florida
1/8" to 5MM compressor adapter?
Posted by warmaster on Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:28 AM
OK, this may be a dumb question, but can anyone tell me where I can get a 1/8" to 5MM compressor adapter? I spent about 4 hours today going to hobby shops, hardware stores and arts and crafts stores looking for this tiny bit of metal. No one has the slightest idea what they are. They're on the Net, but no one locally apparently has the bright idea of stocking something people might need. They all have the 1/4" adapter, the can adapter and the tire adapter, none of which help. I've got an airbrush and a new compressor and I'd like to use them sometime soon. Any hints? I'm searching Ebay right now.

P.S. The local Hobbytown has nothing but nozzles, and darn few at that.
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  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by namrednef on Saturday, March 1, 2008 9:56 AM

I'm not sure from your post what needs to be connected to what.

Is the piece you need a coupling with a male 1/8" NPT on one end, and a 5mm male thread on the other end?

Or is it a female coupling with the same dimensions?......or is it one end male/other end female?

If you can find it online.....any plumbing/heating supply house should have it. Not a hardware or Home Depot.....a supply house.

HTH 

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Saturday, March 1, 2008 10:44 AM

Try a plumbing supplies shop. Let your fingers do the walking...check your yellow pages for one near you.

What kind of hardware store did you visit...don't say Lowe's or Home In de pot...they aren't real hardware stores. Find that small family owned overly stuffed to the gills shop that has more stuff than a man could ever need. They should have a good selection of brass fittings/adapters. 

The other option is to rent the appropriate tap and dies to make your own. Once you have the right sized piece of stock it shouldn't take but a few minutes to make. 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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