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Air Compressor - Piping for Gunsmithing Equipment
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<blockquote data-quote="257WTBY" data-source="post: 2535890" data-attributes="member: 56428"><p>I plumed my shop with copper. I used 1in and made a full circle up in the rafters and I used 3/4 in drops about every 10 ft or so with a ball valve shut off on each drop. I made two dedicated drops - one for media blaster cabinet and one between lathe and mill. I also ran two 3/4 in legs to the middle of the of the shop with ball valves in front of hose reels with 50 ft rubber hoses on each. I have a 40x60 shop with two 16X12 garage doors so one of my drops is tee'd at the end between the doors with a line thru the wall to use outside did the same in the rear for air available to back yard. Heres the deal tho my employer at the time removed over 1000 Ft of 1" and 3/4" copper piping and I got all I needed for free with take home slip. Saved me thousands otherwise I would have been a lot more thrifty in my airline shopping. I do like the 1" and 3/4 in because it added a ton of volume to my storage capacity. I also have two compressor tanks up above the rafters. I bought two bad compressors off C/L just for their 60 gallon tanks. My compressor is twin 60 gallon tanks so with that my two storage tanks and big line I have about 300 gallons of air storage. I have two tanks above rafters with solenoid valves on the bottom to drain moisture out of the tanks. I wired them to a switch and once a week or or so I turn it on for 10-15 seconds to blow any moisture out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="257WTBY, post: 2535890, member: 56428"] I plumed my shop with copper. I used 1in and made a full circle up in the rafters and I used 3/4 in drops about every 10 ft or so with a ball valve shut off on each drop. I made two dedicated drops - one for media blaster cabinet and one between lathe and mill. I also ran two 3/4 in legs to the middle of the of the shop with ball valves in front of hose reels with 50 ft rubber hoses on each. I have a 40x60 shop with two 16X12 garage doors so one of my drops is tee'd at the end between the doors with a line thru the wall to use outside did the same in the rear for air available to back yard. Heres the deal tho my employer at the time removed over 1000 Ft of 1" and 3/4" copper piping and I got all I needed for free with take home slip. Saved me thousands otherwise I would have been a lot more thrifty in my airline shopping. I do like the 1" and 3/4 in because it added a ton of volume to my storage capacity. I also have two compressor tanks up above the rafters. I bought two bad compressors off C/L just for their 60 gallon tanks. My compressor is twin 60 gallon tanks so with that my two storage tanks and big line I have about 300 gallons of air storage. I have two tanks above rafters with solenoid valves on the bottom to drain moisture out of the tanks. I wired them to a switch and once a week or or so I turn it on for 10-15 seconds to blow any moisture out. [/QUOTE]
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