Repair compressor air hose?

What's the repair on this? Is it OK and safe to cut the swaged collar off, reinsert the connector and use a hose clamp to secure it? Or is it necessary to take it to a repair place and have a new swaged fitting put on? These days, at $50 an hour and upwards with half-hour minimum, I'd guess it's a tossup to repair or buy a new hose. A hose clamp would sure be preferrable, but not if it's unsafe. The comnpressor gets up to about 120 psi, and for the current work on the barn, the nail gun is running at about 110 psi.

Thanks for your advice!

If you have several hoses and plan on keeping up with them, you can get the ferrules and barbs to match at most industrial and hydraulic supply houses. Crimpers for them come in a variety of fashions from Channel Lock brand pliers with crimping jaws to table top slide arms with various size jaws to high priced electric hydraulic set-ups. The slide types are the best for normal shops since they run about $25 to $80 depending on size/type. These will do a variety of sizes while the Channel Lock ones will do only two sizes.

You have another option which is screw on connectors. These have an outer ferrule that screws over the hose and an inner barb that screws into the hose, as they are tightened, the seal is made. These can be used over and over again and are the best choice for someone looking to do only a few hoses and does not want to invest in special tools and fitting assortments. These run around $6-9 each for 1/4" and 3/8" hose and around $11-15 for 1/2" hose. You can get them with QD coupler ends or NPT threaded ends, also available at most professional auto parts shops as well as places like Fastenal, Grainger, MSC, ect...

HTH

Jet