September 13, 2006
Air Compressor hard lines
On the way down to Delaware to pick up a Southbend CL145B lathe, I stopped by Fred Breitweiser's, in NJ. He donated a spare roll of 1" Type K copper tubing to the garage fund. I attempted to give him some cash to support his random shed projects, but he's just going to hold my little MIG hostage instead! :) Spec's on the copper tubing are:
Cerro Type K (high pressure)
NSF 61
.065" wall / .995" ID / 1.125" OD
665 max psi @ 70 degF.
Temp Range -425 to +400 degF
I'll have 130" against the wall, a 130" drop along the ceiling line
I'll have a 6' rise to the rafters from the compressor, 350" along the ceiling, sloped down, and 130" along the workbench wall to the Harbor Freight air dryer/regulator and 50' 3/8" hose reel I picked up on the way back from Delaware.
Air Tank
3/4" NPT elbow Male-Female
3/4" female ball valve
3/4" male to 1/2" female NPT reducer
1/2" male NPT to 1/2" barb
1/2" hose
1/2 male NPT to 1/2" barb
Air dryer (1/2" female NPT inlet and 3/4" female outlet)
3/4" NPT male to 3/4" socket
3/4" tube
3/4" coupler
3/4" tube
1" to 3/4" reducer elbow
1" Copper Tubing
1" Elbow at ceiling
1" Tubing
Tee at ceiling ->
LegA
1" tubing - 66"
1" to 1/2" reducer
1/2" tubing
1/2" Socket End x Female Pipe bronze casting
Parker quick disconnect
LegB
1" Tubing - 130"
1" Elbow
1" Tubing - 130"
1" to 1/2" reducer elbow
1/2" pipe
1/2" Union
1/2" pipe - 3"
1/2" NPT Male
Air Filter/Regulator
1/4" NPT Barb fitting
3/8" hose
3/8" NPT Barb fitting
90 deg 3/8 NPT Male-Female elbow
Harbor Freight 3/8" 50' hose reel
3/8" NPT Parker B23 quick coupler female (B23 for 1/4" NPT right now)
tubing hangers
Air Cooler
Compressor
5/8" tube?
?
1/2" NPT to 3/8" barb fitting
3/8" hose
Summit Transmission Cooler w/ Barb Fittings
3/8" hose
1/2" NPT male to 3/8" barb fitting
3/4" male to 1/2" female reducer
Air Tank
Posted by Z28tt at 7:58 PM | Comments (0)
July 20, 2006
Air Compressor and shop fan are now installed!
I picked up this used American IMC (Belaire) 338V air compressor a few months ago, and it's been sitting since. The motor needed to be swapped out, since it was 3 phase, and we only have single phase here, so Ebay to the rescue (Williamson Electric Co.), and a Baldor L1430T was on its was, along with a Siemens 5hp single phase magnetic starter and overload relay. The superflex hose covering wasn't quite long enough the way we mounted the panels, so a quick surf to www.mcmaster.com, and 4 feet of 1/2" and 3 feet of 3/4" non metallic B conduit arrived a day later. I wired everything yesterday, and when I threw the disconnect switch - nothing. It turns out the little metal heater strip needed to be bolted on over the overload relay terminals. Who knew! Note - there were no instructions, as they probably figure out if you're installing motors & starters, you've done it before. Once the heater strip was bolted on, the motor starter right up, but rotating the wrong way. A quick change to the start capacitor wiring, and everything was now perfect. It's got 3/4" copper pipe out of the side, after a globe valve, so the next project will be laying out the shop air system. There is a nice automatic drain as well, and a Speed Air 3 stage dessicant system which would be handy when painting.
For the really hot 95 degree 100% humidity days, a ceiling fan would be nice to have. At Home Depot, they had a 60" diameter industrial fan for $60, that came with a 4 stage control. The settings range from 3000 cfm/18 watts to 9630/107 watts, and right in the middle, 4860/36 is very comfortable. The 3 blades have a very distinct airfoil shape, which boosts efficiency compared to flat blades. I've got to find the time, and insulate/drywall before winter, and then it'll be perfect.
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