Segmented blower tube repair - DW788

[Southern Scroller]

Please point me in the right direction.  I've searched lots of different terms but nothing comes up.  I know I've seen this before and I've repaired my old one before but it has been so long I don't remember exactly how to go about it.  Thank you much.

[Scrappile]

This is what I use :

http://www.loc-line.com/

[Southern Scroller]

1 hour ago, Scrappile said:

This is what I use :

http://www.loc-line.com/

Thanks Scrappile.  I'll  go to that as soon as my present line gets too short.  I still need to find the info to pop the next segment onto the nipple.  

[Scrappile]

heat will help, but too much heat will ruin.  When I was putting together my dust collection setup, I purchased one of their tools for putting the segments together.  The tools are overly expensive for a plastic tool, in my opinion, but they do make life much easier. 

[new2woodwrk]

When I got my new saw, I had to pop 2 of those suckers on, heres how I did it...

First I placed the piece I wanted to attach in hot water - not boiling but hot. I did not use a heat gun because I was afraid it would melt the piece. My caution was well founded as I did use the gun on a separate piece and it melted slightly!

I let the piece soak for about 20 seconds or so then positioned it on the main snake (my term for the segmented hose).

With one hand holding the saw in place, I pushed the piece on - it took a lot of push pressure to get it to snap into place,

Once I had the first one, the 2nd one was much easier

Hope this helps

Edited April 18, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[Bill WIlson]

The soaking in hot water thing works.

[Southern Scroller]

Thanks all.   The hot water gig didn't work for me so I laughed in the face of disaster and broke out the heat gun.  With care I heated the nipple on  the saw as well as the end segment on the snake.  Must have held my mouth just right as it slid right on.  Now I'm going to check out loc line and see if this can be avoided.  Thanks again.

[Scrolling Steve]

If I have to repair or replace again ..I think i will buy the tool, it is expensive but those things are hard to work with !

[Southern Scroller]

On 4/18/2018 at 5:23 PM, Scrolling Steve said:

If I have to repair or replace again ..I think i will buy the tool, it is expensive but those things are hard to work with !

What is this tool and where can I find it?  I'm curious.  Thanks. 

[Scrolling Steve]

1 hour ago, Southern Scroller said:

What is this tool and where can I find it?  I'm curious.  Thanks. 

Loc-Line pliers......Amazon is where i looked at them.....or just google....Loc-line pliers.

[Bpardue]

the lock-line pliers I bought off of Amazon only snaps the pieces together and will not separate them

[Scrappile]

Bpardue is correct, I should have mentioned that.  You can get the from the site I posted also.   I purchase through the Loc-Line sight because it was a few bucks cheaper than Amazon when I bought.

[Rockytime]

I've been using the hot (very hot) water trick and it works.

[OCtoolguy]

I guess I'm either lucky or stronger than others. I just kept pushing and it finally popped on.

Ray