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This is my chosen option ... to maximise ground clearance. Plus ordered a reducing elbow 3/8 to 1/4” hoping its a little shallower. wrote to manufacturer, to see if the bigger machine wheels being 250mm diam will go on my machine which has 175mm wheels and give me another additional 37mm...

That what I bought the locking nut for, but even that is 7mm so the elbow would ground!

Thanks rejected that as 3/8” is 2mm thick. Clearance is 5mm with the handle lifted, so reducing it to 3mm .... bound to snag on anything other than super flat tiled floor lol

Hmm wish I had thought of the banjo idea. Sort of avoided the swivel due to clearance and always wondered how long they are leakproof.

I have the hose its connecting with only 10 mm of ground clearance thats the issue.

The bushes were just to get from 3/8” in the tank to the 1/4” pipe work going to the auto drain and direct drain. I was just looking to see which combo used more space under the tank. E.g. reducer bush plus 1/4” elbow or parallel nipple and 3/8” elbow etc. Plus different types/ sizes of reducer...

Seemed odd one has to grind the elbow, until the pan y dropped lol; as grinding the nipple does nothing to the angle. I.e. cut off half a male thread, then the female doesn't engage for that half a thread. And the angle of lock up remains the same.!

Thanks Guys, the penny dropped why grinding the nipple does not work. - one either has to grind the face of the elbow down enough to make the half turn; or lose some ground clearance and fit a shim washer. Got 2 makes of elbow arriving, and will pick the best and grind down any needed.

I need to point a right angle Elbow bend in a specific direction (to replace the std. drain valve). I want a mechanical lock-up, so I can use Loctite 577. I SPECIFICALLY do not want to use PTFE tape, or the Loctite 55 cord. (Because its in a chain of 8 joints, that if one were faulty, would...

Having struggled finding some fittings to overcome a clearance issue. I found https://www.customfittings.com/fittings/bsp-fittings?p=2 Brilliant service, and seriously well made components, and if you are patriotic like me; it’s great to see its a MEGA (Make England Great Again) product. Items...

The reasoning above and the noise level, persuaded me to up the budget. Even my little 3/8 Rattle gun needs 90 psi. So imo you need 150 psi cut out and a restart at circa 90 psi. Was told its not good to run it under 90 psi - don’t actually understand whats bad for it?? Luckily a friend has one...

Got this at Screwfix ? £40 ish, (they discount this one a lot) Its a PCL 1/2” ( has much better throughput than the 1/4” and costs the same ) note this is a combi Filter and a regulator, with a simple manual (dumps when zero pressure) auto drain At the bottom . The side connectors are simple 90...

I backed it off instantly. I.e did up till it started to lock then backed off to the correct angle

Thanks Munkul would agree with all the above. Sadly ground clearance pretty much rules out the extra space needed for BSPT; and I am sceptical about Loctite Technicals’ claim it would seal on BSPP to BSPP. (purely based on a failed BSPP female to BSPT male, when I had to back it off 1/3 of a...

Appreciate the tip Brad, but I already bought the 577 (which is easier for the other joints I need to make)

Sadly not enough space.

Thanks Julian for the advice. when you say “seal on a flange (washer)” do you mean the parallel thread is supposed to butt up against a flange ? Not sure how that works, but getting the impression you are saying that they were not designed just to screw up to the desired rotational position and...

I can appreciate your frustration, “for gods sake how hard can it be” lol. I was avoiding ptfe tape, as have had leaks or needed another 1/4 turn to seal. The problem is I am feeding this ‘chain of joints” through 2 sets of wheel chassis‘s; mainly so I preserve ground clearance, and also they...

yep I might have to go this route with a taper nipple, but it might be too long ref ground clearance. And rules out selecting the exact direction. another idea was a 10mm o ring to “pull“ the threads together. It seems to provide some tension pulling the threads together and might work enough...

That was my first idea, but there is very little clearance below the tank, if one is to preserve the portability aspect.