I've always wanted to run an airline around my workshop & over into the spray booth. Recently I upgraded to a 200l belt drive compressor which set plans in motion for a proper piped system. I've been gathering up used bits over the past few months & made a start on Saturday, prompted by tripping over the loose airline on the floor for the 10,000th time & nearly hurting myself!
First job was to remove the end bung from the compressor tank. It wouldn't budge despite applying heat to break the loctite so I resorted to welding a large nut onto the bung which worked.
I fitted a 1/2" tee to give me a connection at the tank should I ever need to use the compressor elsewhere. The black hose is a 1/2" hydraulic hose leading up to the fixed pipework.
This is my main manifold. there was supposed to be another ball valve before the filter regulator to allow me to drain the filter without draining the whole air system.
It was on my plan, I set out all the parts but I forgot to add it to the assembly & wondered why I had a valve & nipple left over. It wasn't until I had it all screwed to the wall before I realised!
The blue flexi leads up to a 15m retractable hose reel. I'm going to swap the elbow to a straight where it connects to the fixed pipework for a straighter flow & neatness. I might add in the missing ball valve as well!
The vertical pipe goes up to roof level & is capped off, my future pipe runs will go from that. With the hose reel I'm not sure if I'll need any more connections in the workshop as it reaches the whole room but I still need to run a line to the spray booth.
During this process I have switched over entirely to euro connectors. All my older tools used pcl fittings as they were the most common at the time (plus I got the fittings free at work
). My newer stuff is euro fittings & I have been messing about using adapters for ages. 6 weeks ago I bit the bullet & swapped everything over to euro fittings, so keep an eye out in the for sale section for my old pcl stuff once I get it sorted!
First job was to remove the end bung from the compressor tank. It wouldn't budge despite applying heat to break the loctite so I resorted to welding a large nut onto the bung which worked.
I fitted a 1/2" tee to give me a connection at the tank should I ever need to use the compressor elsewhere. The black hose is a 1/2" hydraulic hose leading up to the fixed pipework.
This is my main manifold. there was supposed to be another ball valve before the filter regulator to allow me to drain the filter without draining the whole air system.
It was on my plan, I set out all the parts but I forgot to add it to the assembly & wondered why I had a valve & nipple left over. It wasn't until I had it all screwed to the wall before I realised!
The blue flexi leads up to a 15m retractable hose reel. I'm going to swap the elbow to a straight where it connects to the fixed pipework for a straighter flow & neatness. I might add in the missing ball valve as well!
The vertical pipe goes up to roof level & is capped off, my future pipe runs will go from that. With the hose reel I'm not sure if I'll need any more connections in the workshop as it reaches the whole room but I still need to run a line to the spray booth.
During this process I have switched over entirely to euro connectors. All my older tools used pcl fittings as they were the most common at the time (plus I got the fittings free at work
). My newer stuff is euro fittings & I have been messing about using adapters for ages. 6 weeks ago I bit the bullet & swapped everything over to euro fittings, so keep an eye out in the for sale section for my old pcl stuff once I get it sorted!
