Re: [ihc] Outfitting my shop

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Have a look see at this URL:

http://www.oldsmobility.com/air-compressor-piping.htm

That should help a bit with figuring out what size pipe you need to use 
and how to go about plumbing it.

I'm Real Close to buying a hundred or so feet of 1" Sch40 blackpipe and 
some couplers and plumbing my new shop.  I have a little more wiring to 
do first, but I also need to get the pipe into the attic before we 
drywall in January.

Avoid PVC - it's cheap and easy to work with, but it doesn't like the 
hot/cold cycles caused by the hot compressed air and when it fails, it 
tends to fail in a spectacular manner - sending shards everywhere.

You'll want a regulator at every "drop", ideally.

Part of my plan is to put one or two drops in the ceiling.  I bought a 
25' 3/8" air-hose on a rectracting reel that I plan to mount in the 
ceiling, near my "work bay" to avoid running hoses all over.

You'll want your air compressor to be as far from the blasting cabinet, 
"air line" wise, as possible to give the compressed air more time to 
cool and the moisture to condense out.

Jim Camery wrote:

> This christmas I'm finally taking the big step of buying a fancy
> sandblasting cabinet from tptools.com and big air compressor to replace
> the fisher-price thing 3hp thing I've gotten by on for years (decades?). 
> This should eliminate my last reason for not finishing a '68 truck I've
> been rehabbing for years.
>
> What I want to do, though, is build some sort of manifold system so I can
> put the compressor in a corner and have piping to air outlets around the
> shop - a total of probably 100 feet of piping.	What do people recommend
> for piping and connections and valves?	I will have to attach it to cinder
> block walls.  Do I need a condensation/dirt trap at each outlet?  Any help
> based on experience would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim Camery