Once again, I totally agree!
I also found my fittings...
Here is the first example above repeated with the Robinair pump.
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This shows the connections I used. There is no particular reason I chose these other than I had them somewhat handy and wanted a quick-connect for possible convenience.
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Here is a bag of the metric-to-Imperial fittings that I temporarily lost. This is what matters for us Yanks, who can't decide on what system to use.
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Here is the second example, except the beer was replaced with a bottle of Festool polish.
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Tom