Need air

[Diesel Cruiserman]

Needed a compressor, always hated my crappy eagle two cylinder jobby...

Picked this up used for 800 bones, cruiser pilot came over in his 12ht 60 series with trailer and we got it home...Really like how quiet the two stage compressor is.

80 gallon 5HP, should do

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

What ya think about this air line kit..?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAPID-AIR-GARAGE-SHOP-COMPRESSED-AIR-LINE-KIT-SYSTEM-/270658270687

 

[Fantom]

Looms to be the same as the one I picked up at KMS a while back. When it goes on sale it's around $150, good kit, works well, make sure the tube is protected so nothing damages it. I did find the tubing fairly hard and it tries to go back to it's previous rolled up shape but after it's attached with clips there's no problems.

 

[wombat]

That compressor will do anything you want to do and that kit will work fine. When i started work on my 42 i had an old compressor that struggled with air cut off tools so i bought a new dewalt compressor. It works better than the old one but still fades when cutting out sheet metal. In the end i wish i had spent more money and got a bigger one like you have.

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

Looms to be the same as the one I picked up at KMS a while back. When it goes on sale it's around $150, good kit, works well, make sure the tube is protected so nothing damages it. I did find the tubing fairly hard and it tries to go back to it's previous rolled up shape but after it's attached with clips there's no problems.

Prolly gonna order one from flea bay, watched the promo and install on youtube..

Rob

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

That compressor will do anything you want to do and that kit will work fine. When i started work on my 42 i had an old compressor that struggled with air cut off tools so i bought a new dewalt compressor. It works better than the old one but still fades when cutting out sheet metal. In the end i wish i had spent more money and got a bigger one like you have.

This is my last compressor and it was noisey as fawk, barely would keep up with da sander..http://www.eaglecompressor.com/air_compressor_model.php?recordID=138

Rob

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Ha! I got you beat.

I built 1/2 my cruiser with this bloddy thing. Had it for 10 years and abused it throughly.... It just wouldn't die.

My new compressor (like yours) is mounted in the crawl space under the house, can't hear it at all from the garage.

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

Ha! I got you beat.

I built 1/2 my cruiser with this bloddy thing. Had it for 10 years and abused it throughly.... It just wouldn't die.

My new compressor (like yours) is mounted in the crawl space under the house, can't hear it at all from the garage.

Thats a beauty ..


My new compressor will be in the garage until this summmer when I poor a pad beside the house and enclose it.

 

[lineman_fj40]

Use pec tubing instead rob, that tubing is only 1/2", I got pec in my shop.

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

Use pec tubing instead rob, that tubing is only 1/2", I got pec in my shop.

Figure its to small Jay?

Would like to air on the side of a better flow for sure..

I will look into it some more..

http://www.airheads.net/tech/techinfo/airline.html
http://www.airheads.net/tech/faq.html#

Came across this chart, seems like half is more than sufficient.

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

if you are going plasma - Princess has the dessicant dryer tube and the pellets on sale starting March 26. The pellets always sell out the first day.

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

if you are going plasma - Princess has the dessicant dryer tube and the pellets on sale starting March 26. The pellets always sell out the first day.

Will look that up, I get the flyers

Rob:whoops:

 

[lineman_fj40]

Also larger lines add to more storage in the system, just what you need for stubborn bolts.

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

I likey this kit, maybe big enough..

http://www.eastwood.com/3-4-inch-professsional-compressed-air-line-kit.html

 

[lineman_fj40]

Use pec tubing instead rob, that tubing is only 1/2", I got pec in my shop.

I ment PEX tubing, it probably would be cheaper depending how much you are doing, also everything is at home depot or your local plumbing store.

 

[wussyPup]

If a regular PEX water line fails under air pressure, does it explode like PVC and scatter shards everywhere?

IPEX makes a produce called Duratec Airline for compressed air lines.

 

[wombat]

KMS Tools flyer came yesterday and they have a kit on sale that looks something like this.

http://www.kmstools.com/new-line-air-on-demand-compressor-plumbing-kit-11668

 

[lineman_fj40]

The right pex is rated at 200psi, some is 100psi, pay attention, also most tools should not be run over 90/100 psi its more to do with volume of air on tap. Lot of systems start great when you first squeeze the trigger but quickly die, that is why I suggested 3/4 tubing or bigger if your crazy. As for exploding I very much doubt it, one of the joint will let go first there just crimped on.