Hello,
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I've been a member for a while and decided to share my 1/2" black pipe air line install as my first post.
I have an Iron Horse 60gal air compressor rated at 11.2 CFM @ 90 PSI. I've had it since 2011, I believe. It's been a fine piece of equipment, especially, with regard the price I paid.
In my old house, I used 1/2" PVC to my GRIP hose reel. The setup worked well, but I only had to go a short ways. I have read the horror stories of PVC and chose to go to black pipe, when I moved to the current house, with a larger garage!
Old setup:
For the new setup, I used:
1-3' whip hose
4-10' black pipe
3-5' black pipe
2-4' black pipe
2-2' black pipe
2-1' black pipe
1-4" black pipe
2-2" black pipe
6-1" black pipe
15-90* angle
13-T's
2-45* angle
4-Female/female
3-plugs
6-1/2 to 1/4 adapters
6-female couplers
1-male coupler
9-ball valves
Over 70' of straight pipe, not counting the angles, T's or other joints.
It took a friend and I two evenings to do. It would have gone faster, but I lost my original plans. Months before starting, I drew up my idea and bought my materials, while there was a sale. When we got around to putting it up, I couldn't find my old plans. I drew new plans, but they didn't match with what I'd bought. We went as far as we could and I had to buy more materials. This sucked as I already had a lot of money in it. Lesson learned.
We used Teflon tape, for the joints. Using Dawn and water in a spray bottle, we found two of the 45* joints were leaking, out the seams. These were replaced and no leaks can be found. It does lose some air, though. At 130 PSI, the compressor turns off. In about an hour, it goes down to 125 PSI. From there, it slowly loses a few more, but I don't have a rate, for that. It is slow. There is a small leak by the regulator, by (my) design. This way, it runs about once every three days. I have it like this because it gets used a lot here and there, but may sit for a while, between uses.
There are a few mishaps, I was going to run a line into my basement, but used an elbow instead of a T. My first drop doesn't go up, first, it goes straight down. From there, it's as designed (second try). I have more pipe, if I want to extend it to my next work bench or go back to the compressor, for a circular system. Also, I wish I had put the top valves so it faced down, when open, but I did them all the other way.
Overall, I'm very happy with the system. I use Milton A-type fittings, but have it plumbed for both A-type and the more common M-type. I also have hoses, for both and some adapters I made.
Another mishap was my idea for my air reel. It didn't fit where I wanted, so I have a drop that just ends, with a valve. At this point, I'm still getting out hose, but I have a plan for an air cart that will house my reel, air tools, and extra hoses. I do have a slinky hose on my most used work bench, it also has a filter on it.
Here are some pictures:
This is the first drop, the one I forgot to go up, first. The plug on the right is for expansion. I would like to have a hole in the wall and a box in front of my garage to keep a hose outside, so I could air up tires, change flats, etc, without opening the garage door.
Top is Type A, bottom is Type M
This is the second finished drop, over the workbench:
Here's the third completed drop, with places for expansion. The one on the right would go to my second wok bench. I don't do much over there, so I didn't run air there, right now.
Again, Type A is on top and Type M is on bottom.
The video will be here:
Scroll to the bottom, for link to video.
I've been a member for a while and decided to share my 1/2" black pipe air line install as my first post.
I have an Iron Horse 60gal air compressor rated at 11.2 CFM @ 90 PSI. I've had it since 2011, I believe. It's been a fine piece of equipment, especially, with regard the price I paid.
In my old house, I used 1/2" PVC to my GRIP hose reel. The setup worked well, but I only had to go a short ways. I have read the horror stories of PVC and chose to go to black pipe, when I moved to the current house, with a larger garage!
Old setup:
For the new setup, I used:
1-3' whip hose
4-10' black pipe
3-5' black pipe
2-4' black pipe
2-2' black pipe
2-1' black pipe
1-4" black pipe
2-2" black pipe
6-1" black pipe
15-90* angle
13-T's
2-45* angle
4-Female/female
3-plugs
6-1/2 to 1/4 adapters
6-female couplers
1-male coupler
9-ball valves
Over 70' of straight pipe, not counting the angles, T's or other joints.
It took a friend and I two evenings to do. It would have gone faster, but I lost my original plans. Months before starting, I drew up my idea and bought my materials, while there was a sale. When we got around to putting it up, I couldn't find my old plans. I drew new plans, but they didn't match with what I'd bought. We went as far as we could and I had to buy more materials. This sucked as I already had a lot of money in it. Lesson learned.
We used Teflon tape, for the joints. Using Dawn and water in a spray bottle, we found two of the 45* joints were leaking, out the seams. These were replaced and no leaks can be found. It does lose some air, though. At 130 PSI, the compressor turns off. In about an hour, it goes down to 125 PSI. From there, it slowly loses a few more, but I don't have a rate, for that. It is slow. There is a small leak by the regulator, by (my) design. This way, it runs about once every three days. I have it like this because it gets used a lot here and there, but may sit for a while, between uses.
There are a few mishaps, I was going to run a line into my basement, but used an elbow instead of a T. My first drop doesn't go up, first, it goes straight down. From there, it's as designed (second try). I have more pipe, if I want to extend it to my next work bench or go back to the compressor, for a circular system. Also, I wish I had put the top valves so it faced down, when open, but I did them all the other way.
Overall, I'm very happy with the system. I use Milton A-type fittings, but have it plumbed for both A-type and the more common M-type. I also have hoses, for both and some adapters I made.
Another mishap was my idea for my air reel. It didn't fit where I wanted, so I have a drop that just ends, with a valve. At this point, I'm still getting out hose, but I have a plan for an air cart that will house my reel, air tools, and extra hoses. I do have a slinky hose on my most used work bench, it also has a filter on it.
Here are some pictures:
This is the first drop, the one I forgot to go up, first. The plug on the right is for expansion. I would like to have a hole in the wall and a box in front of my garage to keep a hose outside, so I could air up tires, change flats, etc, without opening the garage door.
Top is Type A, bottom is Type M
This is the second finished drop, over the workbench:
Here's the third completed drop, with places for expansion. The one on the right would go to my second wok bench. I don't do much over there, so I didn't run air there, right now.
Again, Type A is on top and Type M is on bottom.
The video will be here:
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