[TheForge] Shop Air using Copper

[Jerry Smith]

Steve,

PEX works great, just check your local building code, they will probably have the specs for it listed. If you put it concrete, it will be protected. Just remember where you put it the concrete and if there is a problem, how are you going to fix it.

Jerry


--- On Tue, 1/13/09, sos at frii.com <sos at frii.com> wrote:

> From: sos at frii.com <sos at frii.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Shop Air  using Copper
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 3:01 PM
> I hear that people are using PEX type flexible plumbing for
> routing air.
> Soft plastic hose is obviously a bad choice for exposed
> connections; I'm
> thinking of using it to plumb the shop I'm building.
> Any thoughts on using
> PEX with a hard cover (like concrete)?
> 
> Steve
> 
> > I did think about using PVC, but it becomes brittle
> with time and usage,
> > so I just strung pneumatic hoses thru the ceiling way
> and have those
> > retractable hose reels in the ceiling.
> >
> > I too have a manual shut off valve inline at the main
> compressor, plus a
> > hand full of check valves at each point that have a
> cut in the line for a
> > T to feed the hose reels.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Cindy and James
> <jallcorn at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Cindy and James
> <jallcorn at suddenlink.net>
> >> Subject: [TheForge] Shop Air  using Copper
> >> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> >> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:59 AM
> >> My only comment is that you can drive a nail thru
> a copper
> >> line and you
> >> can't usually hurt a steel pipe.  But copper
> is a lot
> >> easier to use than
> >> steel.
> >> I plumbed my shop air system w/ 3/4" sch 40
> pvc, about
> >> 250' of it so
> >> far.  It has far more limitations than copper but
> is even
> >> cheaper and
> >> easier.
> >> I just turn the valve at my compressor each night,
> >> isolating the
> >> compressor in case the line breaks or I have a
> leak.
> >> James
> >> >    6. Shop Air  using Copper
> >> (bistline at md.metrocast.net)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Subject:
> >> > [TheForge] Shop Air using Copper
> >> > From:
> >> > bistline at md.metrocast.net
> >> > Date:
> >> > Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:21:31 -0500 (EST)
> >> > To:
> >> > theforge at mailman.qth.net
> >> >
> >> > To:
> >> > theforge at mailman.qth.net
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Trying to get hard air lines set up in my
> shop. Went
> >> to lowes to buy
> >> > "iron" pipe and noticed its made in
> Korea
> >> brand name Tuna. At many levels
> >> > that just bothers me. I turn around to see
> copper made
> >> in the USA. Believe
> >> > it or not the type L 3/4 copper is $1.25 a
> 10ft stick
> >> cheaper than the
> >> > "iron". I notice type m copper that
> is $5
> >> cheaper yet. The type L has a
> >> > slightly thicker wall thickness. I know that
> the
> >> standard for air lines is
> >> > "iron pipe" however a little web
> searching
> >> has revealed copper is commonly
> >> > used.  *_Any inputs on copper for air
> lines_?*
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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