compressor "feet"

[rcroob]

Anyone know where I can get some rubber feet for my air compressor to set on? I have an old standard pneumatic compressor with a 60 gal. upright tank, the experts say you should put rubber under the legs, I know I've seen rubber feet that bolt on to the legs but no one around here has anything like that.Its also suggested to put a flexible line between the compressor and the air lines mounted solid to the wall, any ideas where to get those as well? TIA

 

[MXtras]

Check 'isolators' in McMaster Carr, Grainger or MSC for the rubber feet.

You can get a hydraulic hose from a local hydraulic service center.

Scott

 

[SteveL]

I got mine at Grainger. Around $16 for 4 of them. Really nice and quiet now as the "feet" have a waffle weave rubber pad laminated to both sides of a piece of cork. Make sure you get ones that are big enough for the enitre foot to sit on. Mine used the 4" x 4". The exact same thing at a local commercial compressor shop was $45!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kartracer55]

Well for the flew line, Go to grainger. they have braided steel hydraulic line with 3/4 ID as well as 3/5 threads for about $30. Its important to use one with the same ID as your air lines for obvious reasons.

We didnt use rubber pads when we mounted our compressor. I dont htink they would have done much for us. The reason being is we mounted the compressor to two 4x4s (2 legs on each) and within a day the feet had sunken into the wood. I have a feeling they would have just crushed the pads as well. We still have vibration, but its not all that bad.

Jim

 

[rcroob]

Thanks a ton fellas, Kart you hit the nail on the head as to why i want something designed for this and not just any rubber pad, I thought the rubber would crush as well. Dont know why I never thought of Grainger....thanks again .

 

[REFLEXX]

KART,

Those compressor "pads" do a much better job than wood. We switched and it made a huge difference in the vibrations and a small difference in sound.

We were feeling the air compressor in the concrete and it would walk around! Those waffle pads act like shock absorbers. It's like hitting an eraser with a hammer, it just bounces back. They will nut collapse like wood.

Just make sure the pads are big enough so the compressor doesnt fall over.

my 2c.

REFLEXX

 

[gerry]

No need to get any fancy flex line. Just make up a short hose with male and female QD fittings to plug into your comp and to your hardpipe line. Been doing this for years

 

[330Scott]

Hockey pucks.

 

[kartracer55]

Reflexx, I might look into those. The vibrations actually arnt nearly as bad as other shops, but Ican still feel them when Im close to it.

Jim

 

[iiibdsiil]

Hockey pucks.

+1

 

[sbrambo]

I had found a strip of rubber about 1" thick and cut pieces of it matching my compressor feet. Also cut a matching piece of 1" thick pine (cheap soft wood) and drilled holes in both, slid them down on bolts in the concrete floor and then put the compressor on and bolted it down. I haven't noticed any vibration problems.

I have no idea what the rubber I found was for or where to get it. I had just moved into a new neighborhood with lots of new houses going up and it was laying in the street. But the hockey puck idea is a great substitute for what I used, though maybe a little thicker.

 

[SteveL]

If you bolt down your compressor, make sure you don't tighten the bolts completely as that will transfer all of the vibration to the welds of the feet to the tank, potentially weakening them over time. This is from two compressor reps that know what they are taking about, but I'm sure that this would apply more to a commercial application where the compressor is running full time.

 

[motorheadjohn]

TP Tools also carries the rubber mounting pads for mounting the compressor to the floor and the flexible hose to isolate the vibrations from your piping.

 

[rcroob]

very nice motorhead...thanks

 

[BECC]

FNG here, have you ever thought about a mud flap?

 

[l_bilyk]

Hockey pucks.

this is a GREAT idea!!!!

 

[krooser]

FNG here, have you ever thought about a mud flap?

They work great for that ...I buy 'em pretty cheap from the company I've got my Peterbilt leased to...I use 'em for floor cushions in front of my benches and shop machines, too...