Thank you for the name of the part! Yes I might be able to find a third party fitting of the right size knowing what it’s called.
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I did look a bit to see if I could find that outer part of the swivel, but I was not surprised to come up empty handed.
Of course it’s able to be repaired anyway as someone else suggested carefully cutting the crimp and reusing the barb with a hose clamp. The assholedesign is making it difficult enough that many people won’t bother. And not readily selling the replacement part made critical by unnecessary design choices, for the thing most likely to suffer accidental damage. It’s only low in the planned obsolescence conspiracy because the overall product costs less than $100 and is entirely mechanical, but that’s no excuse.
This is a good approach to work around the shortcomings of the design, thank you!
I stand by my original assessment of the design, though. They use a threaded fitting to attach the pigtail to the reel, so this definitely feels like an active choice for planned obsolescence.
One recent podcast episode that explains how BlackRock originally got into caring about ESG, and what that meant in a way that doesn’t at all imply improved morality. Episode two describes in depth the original creation of the Texas blacklist and putting Blackrock onto it.
Both are well produced by American Public Media.
@[email protected] just a quick shout out that I appreciate you, and your continuing cultivation of this space with excellent content. The future feels bleak and difficult to confront, but I’m glad to be reading well-written nonfiction doom and gloom.
Mini splits are sized for single rooms and the expected expansion path is to add more of them. That’s not too expensive if you are a handy DIYer who can deal with electrical and mechanical, but it’s not great if you’re paying installation labor. Similar story with everything else in the home improvement space.
Espousing more radical ideas (as opposed to advocating similar ideas in a more radical fashion) also makes the moderate viewpoint seem more moderate. That’s how the Overton window (of the acceptability of ideas in public discourse) shifts over time.
Mini pizzas. I use the naan from Costco as the base, par bake it a few minutes first, then top with jar sauce and shredded mozzarella and make everyone come and do the rest of their toppings from little bowls I’ve prepared before going back in the oven for 5-10 minutes. Kids like mini pepperoni and pineapple bits from a can. I like pesto, spiced artichoke from a jar, Canadian bacon, and avocado and freshly chiffoned basil (after the baking). Everyone gets two pizzas customized to their liking, it tastes better than any takeout pizza, and it’s inexpensive.
Gardenia flowers. Not the terrible candle or soap scents that try and fail to imitate it, but the actual live flowers.
NYT says
In February, scientists had submitted a detailed outline of the next assessment to the White House for an initial review. But that review has been on hold and the agency comment period has been postponed.
I hope someone at least publishes/leaks that detailed outline.
More like carefully cutting through the ferrule without damaging the barb.
I wouldn’t have expected a worm clamp in here, but a standard air hose is crimped onto a threaded end (same as on the pigtail for this reel). Female threads on an angled exit from the swivel would make hose replacement easy, without adding significant labor (there are already two threaded connections on this unit).
Yesterday I just cut the hose short to get up and running again, but I’ll use your suggestion later when I get fed up with the short hose and open up the reel again. Thanks!