[TheForge] air table

[David E. Smucker]

Think blower, not compressor.  Most industrial flotation systems and 
conveyors that I know about are powered by blowers, not compressors.  You 
want higher volume, lower pressure. (They still require a lot of air).

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>; "terry l. ridder" 
<terrylr at blauedonau.com>; "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" 
<artgawk at thegrid.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] air table


> Pegboard would require a hell of a compressor to create enough volume to 
> lift anything with a large area.  Pegboard holes are pretty big.
>
>
> CraigS
> Gresham, OR
>
>>From: Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>Date: 2008/03/13 Thu PM 03:31:42 CDT
>>To: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>,
> Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] air table
>
>>Terry...
>>almost any perforated rigid surface ought to suffice,with an
>>adequate compressor supplying air to a plenum below....even in
>>bursts from a storage tank while you do the actual moving.
>>Would masonite pegboard do?
>>Drilling all those holes with a dremmel will drive you nuts and
>>wear out the dremmel.
>>On the other hand, a swinging overhead trolley and rail, set up
>>like a jib crane, with your lift and magnet dangling below, would
>>not cost all that much more to make and be much more versatile.
>>
>>terry l. ridder wrote:
>>> hello;
>>>
>>> i have been brainstorming about how to move sheets
>>> of sheet metal around easily since i do not have the
>>> ability to either brute force them around or leverage
>>> them around. the idea of using an air table came to
>>> me while in farm and fleet looking for pop rivets when
>>> i saw an air hockey game for sale. i have looked around
>>> and do not find any viable canidates for an air table.
>>>
>>> a friend suggested getting some countertop 2nds from
>>> lowes and/or menards and using the dremel tool drill
>>> the air holes then just make a sheetmetal plenum. attach
>>> a blower to the plenum.
>>>
>>> i was thinking of using a sheet of rigid nylon and
>>> perforating it with holes.
>>>
>>> would anyone have hints, suggestions, comments concerning
>>> air tables?
>>>
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