AN fittings

[lineslinger]

I've got a method through trial and error that works pretty well for me, first I mount the hose in a soft jaws vice...



at which point I snug up a cable tie around it, not tight, just snug....



at this point I use a diamond cutoff wheel that is mounted on my Dremel and begin to cut the surrounding wrappping using the cable tie as a guide.



The cable tie keeps the braided wrappping tight against the outer hose while giving a nice flat even cut without any stray "fraying".



I then oil the braiding/hose and begin to slip the collar of the fitting on to the hose, the cable tie will slip back along the hose as the collar pushes against it keeping any strands from popping up...



once I have filled lthe collar end with hose I then screw the oiled down tube into the hose with taped jaws of a crescent wrench until it reaches the position Morris showed in his shots...



Once completed I blow the finished hose out with compressed air and then run a soft cleaning brush from my gun cleaning kit down through the entire setup, there are a bunch of good techniques in this thread, this is yet another way to do it.

[SuperHart]

Lineslinger, very cool idea. I intend to try that trick the next time I do a braided hose. I like to use the aluminum jaws in my vise to hold the hose in place. When I twist on the nut sometimes I have to use a tiny screwdriver to help coax a couple of braided steel strands into the nut but once they are all inside the nut everything goes quite smoothly. I use Russell Hose Assembly Lube. That stuff is SLIPPERY. Just be sure all rubber residue is cleaned out of the hose prior to assembly. One more thing, to the best of my knowledge, only Aeroquip fittings have the notch on the nut to use as a hose length guide. The Russell fittings do not have that notch.

[Steve Riley]

Wow, Thanks guys for all the help, WITH PICTURES! I should be able to get this now with the help on technigue. You guys are the greatest.
Steve