Need help: wall mount bracket for air filter/water drain

I bought a Milton air filter/water trap (#1019) at Northern Tool.

Neither of these pics are perfectly representative of my 1019, but close enough.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MSRLBQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

(This pic is upside down.)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001O2XY42/?tag=atomicindus08-20


I would like a bracket like these, and I bet one of them fits:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SPEEDAIRE-Mounting-Bracket-4ZK53

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SPEEDAIRE-Universal-Mounting-Bracket-4ZK42


I bought a Milton 1163 bracket (see p. 62):
https://www.miltonindustries.com/uploads/Milton_2011_Catalog_Pgs_61-62.pdf

But uh, no, hole too small.

Today, I emailed the Milton folks. They emailed back. Seems that little bit on page 62 is all they seem to know about brackets.

How do I know which of those Grainger/Speedaire brackets will fit? Does anybody have a real Grainger catalog that might give measurements? The website is a bit sparse on the details.

Did you try the catalog page link on the Grainger link above?

What type of piping are you using?

930dreamer said:

What type of piping are you using?

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That was gonna be my question. Pretty easy to attach to the wall by holding the piping instead of the filter.

Kenwc, a very fair question. My clunky old computer and my newfangled phone, they both don't like that see-the-real-page feature on the Grainger site. Maybe I should try it again on my PC at work.

930dreamer, ah yes, if I was using pipe, I'd just strap the pipes to things.

I'm a low-buck renter. There's a compressor, a whip hose from it to the filter, which I'm going to put on a pegboard panel, then there will be the red 50' Goodyear hose I'll be working with. Kinda low rent, low buck, temporary stuff here. That's why I want the bracket to be decent. (I won't be attaching it to pegboard holes, but screwing it to the wooden frame behind the pegboard.)

I'm using cable ties with pegboard. Works just fine.



EDIT: two largish pegboard J-hooks are there holding much of the weight. The cable ties prevent the whole thing from leaving the J-hooks.

I like your black pipe water trap! Argh! More stuff to buy! I live in a humid land, and really should use some metal pipe for condensation purposes.

Basic hardware store pipe stuff? Any hints on that part of the project? Your coiled hose on the R side goes to the compressor?

I was thinking zip ties, but I knew there's a bracket out there that will fit so nicely.

The black rectangular box is a manifold of various hookup points? Or?

Squankum said:

I like your black pipe water trap! Argh! More stuff to buy! I live in a humid land, and really should use some metal pipe for condensation purposes.

Basic hardware store pipe stuff? Any hints on that part of the project? Your coiled hose on the R side goes to the compressor?

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Yes, Lowe's or Home Depot for black iron, pre-threaded on both ends. Cheap. That picture was taken in-progress, there's now a Parker 06D1NA automatic drain (41645K48 from McMaster-Carr) below the ball valve, and a bucket on the floor underneath it. Works nicely, I only need to close the ball valve when servicing the Parker 06D1NA. The water that winds up in the bucket seems to evaporate faster than I need to empty it, but that might be because I run a dehumidifier in the garage most of the time to keep the humidity under control.

Yes, hose to the right goes to the compressor. I ordered it from McMaster when I ordered the automatic drain valve. They'll make hoses to the length you want, with the fittings you want.

I was thinking zip ties, but I knew there's a bracket out there that will fit so nicely.

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In my case, the J-hooks are essentially exactly the right size. I think they're the 1.5" heavy-duty ones from diamondlifegear.com.

The black rectangular box is a manifold of various hookup points? Or?

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Yes, the manifold is a Polyconn PCM30-375-04BW (5975K13 from McMaster-Carr). 1/2" in on one end, four 3/8" out (facing downward on mine), 1/2" output on the other end (now goes to my hose reel).

Oops, part number mix-up. The Parker 06D1NA is what's on my compressor tank. On the drip leg, I have McMaster-Carr 5002K1.

Here's the diagram I drew when I was planning the installation. Hope it helps.

dwm, what's the manifold used for? Doesn't look like it's near a work station. I'm still learning a lot of this pneumatic stuff, obviously.

Thanks for posting the picture and schematic last night. I was inspired today to run out to the hardware store and copy what you had!



Oh dear... not quite the likeness I had intended.

I'll get back to you after round two.

Squankum said:

dwm, what's the manifold used for? Doesn't look like it's near a work station. I'm still learning a lot of this pneumatic stuff, obviously.

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The space this is in is multipurpose. Don't let the apparent emptiness fool you; that picture was taken when I was preparing the space, it's pretty busy in there now. The manifold mostly gets used for small nailers and occasionally for sanders. In the not too distant future it'll also get used for a plasma cutter once in a while. I also have a second hose reel on a cart that I use to reach far out into the driveway, and I typically plug that into the manifold if I'm using air in the driveway.

I made a vow about 12 months ago to not buy any new big stuff that isn't on casters and movable. Including the compressor itself. So having a couple of manifolds that I can easily plug into is handy for me as I move things in and out of the adjacent shop areas (the garage space in the picture is below grade and leads to my basement). For example, if I'm going to do some heavy sanding in the winter, most stuff gets moved out of the area. Makes it easier for me to clean up if I don't have a layer of sawdust on tool cabinets, tools, etc. The exception is the tools on pegboards, but utilizing wall space for common tools and stuff that doesn't fit well into my tool cabinets is very useful to me. I have tarps I hang over the pegboards when I'm going to do a lot of sanding, and it works well enough for me. I have a dock fan at one end of the garage (at the entrance to the basement) that does a pretty good job of blowing the dust out if the weather is amenable to working with the garage door open.

Thanks for posting the picture and schematic last night. I was inspired today to run out to the hardware store and copy what you had!



Oh dear... not quite the likeness I had intended.

I'll get back to you after round two.

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Looks like fun to me! I enjoy planning and putting this stuff together. Takes time at the beginning, but in the end it saves time and frustration. If I weren't in rented space I'd have done something more permanent. What I have now works for me and I'm sure you'll put together something that works for you. And you can take most of it with you.

Kinda hard to see in these pics but I used a 1x4" board and some U-bolts to secure my manifold and filter in place. If I remember the U-bolts are 1/4" x 2". There is a 1" spacer pc of wood on the 1x4 to shim it out from the wall to allow the U-bolts to be tightened then the whole assembly is mounted to the wall with a couple grabber screws.

And thanks dwm for the diagram on your setup. Going to build a water trap now similar to yours!!!

Found you another way cheap bracket for mounting the filter. Hardware store 1 1/2" pipe clamp.... under a buck and a couple grabber screws and there ya go.