[TheForge] Foundations and shop design

[Craig Schaefer]

All types of lines have a failure rate somewhere more than -zero-.
How about just shutting the compressor OFF when you're not around?

I don't know.  Compressor damage just seemed to be a recurring theme.


CraigS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Foundations and shop design


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> paul wrote:
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>> 4. Why do blacksmiths fear measuring and threading steel pipe? A small 
>> shop would probably be just fine with 3/4" iron pipe mains, and the 
>> mechanical strength of iron pipe is more than sufficient for any shop 
>> environment. Hand threading 3/4" iron pipe is good exersize. Larger sizes 
>> would be better, more storage volume in the main piping... you can rent a 
>> pipe machine for the larger sizes if you have large shop. You can also 
>> use the leftover pieces... they are iron after all.
>
> I don't think it is fear, it is... erm... *frugality*.
>
> You know how the Jews have the rap in some peoples' minds as being horrid 
> little misers?  I don't think anyone can hold a candle to some smiths. 
> Instead of "jewing" someone down during negotiations, I think we should 
> call it "smithing" them down.  Seriously, for such a great bunch of folks 
> as smiths, I've seen few other groups of people who are as penny-wise and 
> pound-foolish.  Getting all cheap about things like this makes no sense. 
> There are proper ways of plumbing for pressurized air, and there are all 
> the other ways.
>
> If you are in the business, you acquire the tools you need to operate. 
> This is not an exercise in hand-wringing, but a business decision.  If you 
> do not have the cash, you finance.  If you cannot justify the finance 
> cost, then you don't really need it and you find a subcontractor who can 
> do the job.  It is as simple as that.
>
> If you are a hobbyist, there is still the safety angle.  Shit always seems 
> to happen to the other guy... until you are him.  Is, say, losing an eye 
> worth the few hundreds of dollars saved by shit-rigging PVC instead of 
> installing proper air lines?  And if the line fails and your compressor 
> burns up, you've probably put yourself in the hole.
>
> It seems to me that in decisions such as these, many people fail to think 
> things out clearly.  I am somewhat inflexibly firm in my belief that 
> things such as this should be carefully and circumspectly considered and 
> then done right.  Call me crazy.
>
>
> -Andy V.
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