fixerupper
Well-known Member
Here's a way to crimp a band on a new air hose end I just discovered this morning. I'm sure some of you guys are way ahead of me on this but it's a first for me and the materials are readily available if a person has a hydraulic hose crimper. I use 3/8 heavier duty air hose in the shops and occasionally a hose will need a new end. A regular screw type hose clamp works to clamp the hose to the new barb when the hose end is replaced but is bulky. After dome fiddling around and one failure I discovered a 3/4" PEX crimp band in a 3/8" hydraulic hose crimping die works like a champ. Just set up the crimp band in between the dies, poke the hose up through it to the right height, and crimp. It makes a corrugated looking crimp but it works. Just an idea.