Re: [ihc] Outfitting my shop

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,
 
I used copper tubing just like for water pipe, has worked fine since 1978.  You could probably use plastic pipe, like water pipe.  Just check the working pressure of the piping and compare it to the rating on the pipe.
 
I'd put dirt / water legs everywhere the pipe changes elevation.  This is just a 6 inch piece of pipe with a valve at the bottom.  I'd also put a filter/regulator (Sears has some) at the air hose connection and at the appliances which are water sensitive.
 
Steve

Jim Camery <jcamery@domain.elided> 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.

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Jim Camery