[TheForge] separate air systems or split system?

[Dan Brewer]

Stay away from the plastic.  Copper will server two purposes.  It will cool
the air and not suffer from UV degrading the pipe.  With silver braze the
pipe system should easily outlast you and the next two owners of the
property.

Dan in Auburn

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:26 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:

> hello ries;
>
>
> On Thu, 14 May 2009, ries wrote:
>
> > Terry, the way you do this is you put an oiler just ahead of the quick
> > disconnects for your air tools, and you put additional water traps just
> ahead
> > of your paint station.
> > So your entire air system is not oiled- just the air that goes to the
> tools.
> >
>
> okay, that makes sense. understand now.
>
> >
> > You can buy cheapo filter/regulator/oiler assemblies, and place them at
> each
> > air tool station- with 50 or 100 foot hoses, two or three of these should
> be
> > plenty.
> >
>
> i was thinking of four stations. one on each wall or corner. the
> compressors are going to have their own small room on the south facing
> porch of the new shed.
>
> >
> > You dont want oil in ALL your air- just when you are using air tools. You
> > want oil free air for blowing things off, blasting, and painting.
> >
>
> yes, very true. more oil-free uses than just spray painting.
>
> >
> > A really good place to look at piping setups is here-
> >
> > http://www.tptools.com/StaticText/airline-piping-diagram.pdf
> >
>
> ries, thank you very much for the above pdf. that piping layout is just
> what i was looking for.
>
> >
> > TP tools sells compressors, sandblasters, and accessories to home and
> small
> > shops.
> >
> > I used their piping layout when I built my shop, 14 years ago now, and it
> > works great- you build in drains and valves at low spots, to manually
> drain
> > water from the piping, and you add oilers at your disconnects for tools.
> >
>
> ries, did you use black steel pipe in your air system?
>
> i picked up a good amount of copper pipe and fittings at a bankruptcy
> auction. i have 30 10ft sections of 1/2 inch copper pipe of type m nsf
> 61. i have 40 10 ft sections of 3/4 inch copper pipe of type m. i would
> like to use the copper pipe for the air system. if type m copper pipe is
> too thin to use i would switch to plain black steel pipe. i would go
> with weld fitting instead of threaded. not as easy to change as threaded
> but easier to install.
>
> the thought just occurred to me if pex which is used for radiant heating
> systems and for water systems in some locals would be usable for air.
> can pex take 175 psig?
>
> >
> >
> > ries
> >
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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