Recent content by taylormade

Ted days, no leaks, no problems and virtually no water in the lines even with the 90 percent humidity we've been experiencing. I'm real happy with the copper and would do it again given the chance. It took me about 12 hours to run 60 feet of pipe, two drops and one drain line at the end of the...

Rick, you'd lose the bet. It was a reduction fitting that went south. I narrowed the pipe to the drain down to 3/4 to save some money on the ball valves. Thinking it over, I was guilty of being really stupid. Examining the joint after the failure I couldn't find any real solder on the joint...

I finished the piping this afternoon. System held 175 pounds for the rest of the day. I ran several air tools with great results. No water in the lines or in my filtration system and no leaks in the 80+ feet of pipe I ran. I like the looks of the copper and think I made the right choice - at...

I used the silver solder and MAP gas. The joint that let go was one of my early attempts. My contractor friend helped me this afternoon and I got the method down pretty well - I didn't use enough heat or solder on that joint. since I'm using one inch pipe I needed to work around the fitting a...

After starting another of the seemingly endless threads on compressor piping (The Price of Copper) and getting lots of good advice from forum members, I decided to go with one inch copper. I started the project today with some trepidation as I’ve never soldered much in my life and most of that...

Bought the copper today. It was actually about fifty bucks cheaper than black iron. I'm putting it up this weekend. I'll post photos when I'm done. RT

26 SCFM @ 100 PSI with a 7.5 Baldor motor (I know about the bogus HP ratings, but this draws enough amps to be close). It's a two stage with an 80 gallon tank. It's done everything I asked of it and more with a hose straight off the tank, but the humidity in this area requires a piping system...

Although I'll run most of my tools off a 3/8 line, I'll be running my sandblaster with a 1/2 hose. I know from experience I'll need the air to blast the frame of my 50 Dodge convertible. I'll stick with the 1 inch system. Thanks everyone for the help. RT

Since I only want to do this once and am into restoring cars, I'm going with a one inch system. Probably overkill, but I'm going with it. RT

I thought L was heavier than M. The 18 bucks was for schedule L. I'd practice on some fittings if they weren't so expensive! How likely am I to get a leaking connection? I assume it's fairly easy to repair if you do mess up a joint. On the T connections, should I heat the whole thing up...

Just when I had the money and the time to put in my compressor lines and had decided to use black pipe due to cost and my novice standing soldering copper pipe, I went into the big orange box and found out 1 inch copper pipe in now 18 bucks and change for a ten foot length vs. 24 bucks and...

Thanks everyone. RT

The incoming and outgoing wires attach to an isolated plastic unit inside the metal box that doesn't touch any of the metal of the box - providing the shielding on the wires is intact. The bare ground wires could touch the metal of the box - but the grounding bar is attached to the box so that...

In my garage, I'm running a 6/2 wire for a 220 line from the 100 amp breaker box to my 7.5hp (peak - it's really a 5hp 23 amp motor) compressor. I have a 60 amp breaker on the line. I want to put a shut off switch in the line for safety. I bought one of the gray metal box on/off units rated...