Four years later, In case anyone else stumbles upon this, here's some more helpful details vs. "I found an adapter". The test cock threads on the Febco 765 are "flared". I'm not a plumber but I was told the intent by Febco is to use flared threads to discourage direct air compressor hookups to the test cocks even though 90% of people use them for this purpose. So, it takes a special adapter to screw on the threads of the test cock. If you go the route I did and first try to fit a $4 1/8 inch female adapter from Lowe's, you'll quickly notice that the threads don't fit (like a previous responder wrote). The part I found is called "1/4 Inch Male Pipe X 1/4 inch Female Flare Brass Adapter". I found it at an irrigation store for $7 so I'm unsure if it is available at the big box Home stores. Hope this helps the next person that is very confused by threading issues on the Febco 765. Good luck.

People make neat things out of old wooden spools, too. I saw a really nice looking walking cane made out of old spools. They, in fact, left the thread on and laquered over it so it became part of the spool. In one of those country decorating magazines I saw where they cut the spool ends off and used them for knobs on their kitchen cabinets. It was kinda cute. We used to make spool dolls by stringing them together. They make spools out of plastic now, and sometimes styrofoam. And they don't hold nearly as much thread as the old ones always did.

No way can I have posted that over a year ago! It seems like yesterday. Thanks for digging it up again, buehl. I took it 8 times. Loft came up 4 times, with the other 4 times split between Estate and Villa. I 'bout choked with laughter when I read part of the description for Loft: "...Fashion-driven...." LOL, so not me. I find a shirt I like and I buy it in every color that looks good on me. Makes life so easy. But the bit about clean shapes and punches of color is spot on. I can also see bits of Estate in my style: "Charming.... A union of antique inspiration and geometric clarity" since I love antiques (inherited enough of them). Hard to say, though, whether my love of antiques is because they are antiques or because I have emotional attachments to my family heirlooms. Perhaps a bit of both. I scored more Estate responses last time. I think it's more the choices I was given than that my tastes have changed. Sometimes I didn't like either choice so I chose the one I disliked the least. Anyone else wonder what the deal was with the dogs? The one with the frou-frou dog and the pink spiked heel? OMG, what a crack-up!

If you start a test thread in KT and don't want to clutter the forum, you can delete it within a certain time--an hour, IIRC--just ask that no comments be added. Two nights ago the HT music thread (also posted to Kitchens) wasn't loading video's, so I posted a test thread in Tests. My video loaded, so I don't know if that was just a glitch in HT & Kitchens, or if there is a difference in the Test forum. I usually delete my test threads in the Test forum, too. Speaking of testing, I'm adding a video here, to see if it's been corrected: