Train
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Those of you who added pucks to the feet of your upright compressor. Did you use regular hard hockey pucks, or the sponge pucks? My compressor sits on concrete, and it tends to move a fare bit. Will the pucks help this?
Hockey Pucks on Compressor
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Hard....
nanan00
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Hard pucks.
Layout where you want the compressor to be and mark out the bolt holes in the feet. Buy/rent a hammer drill, get some concrete anchors with shanks long enough to go through the pucks and the feet of the compressor and give yourself another 1/8" or so for shits and giggles. Set anchors, I suggest using epoxy to help prevent vibration from working them out. Anchor the compressor and snug the anchor nuts down, don't go crazy and compress the pucks or pull the anchors up.
Layout where you want the compressor to be and mark out the bolt holes in the feet. Buy/rent a hammer drill, get some concrete anchors with shanks long enough to go through the pucks and the feet of the compressor and give yourself another 1/8" or so for shits and giggles. Set anchors, I suggest using epoxy to help prevent vibration from working them out. Anchor the compressor and snug the anchor nuts down, don't go crazy and compress the pucks or pull the anchors up.
I don't play hockey with anti vibration mats and I don't set machinery on hockey pucks.
Use the right product for the job and this works great - cut to size:
http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/...ibration-Controllers/Pads-Mats?navid=12103739
Use the right product for the job and this works great - cut to size:
http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/...ibration-Controllers/Pads-Mats?navid=12103739
jomobco
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I used this:
http://www.grainger.com/product/MASON-Vibration-Iso-Pad-2LVP7
and it's not as hard as a hockey puck.
http://www.grainger.com/product/MASON-Vibration-Iso-Pad-2LVP7
and it's not as hard as a hockey puck.
Falcon67
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Pieces of stall blanket. Nobody sells hockey pucks down hee-ya, y'all.
Ha mine was just a piece of left over hardwood floor cut with a 2.5" hole saw with thick rubber pads cut from some spare forgot what it was. pad Rubber cement glued to the wood. But I did find those anti virbration pads on sale from Lowes maybe you can still find them for $7 a set.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_155-1126-PA...aton&pl=1¤tURL=?Ntt=vibraton&facetInfo=
http://www.lowes.com/pd_155-1126-PA...aton&pl=1¤tURL=?Ntt=vibraton&facetInfo=
Rossco
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Pucks here.
Performance Depends on the weight of the compressor.
Performance Depends on the weight of the compressor.
RVDan
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I use automotive body mounts, and use one top and bottom so the compressor floats between the two rubber mounts. Just bolting through a single insulator doesn't do any good, it will dampen only the downstroke not the up.
My 60 gallon upright has been on hockey pucks for almost 10 years now, no problems.
Not bolted to the floor either. Bolted the pucks to the tank legs with carriage bolts.
Beats leaving it bolted to the cheap little pallet it came on, like a lot of people do...
Not bolted to the floor either. Bolted the pucks to the tank legs with carriage bolts.
Beats leaving it bolted to the cheap little pallet it came on, like a lot of people do...
I don't know the difference, I just used 3 hockey pucks from the fleamarket. drilled and bolted. it's been 8 yrs. now and now movement on a 60 gallon...what is a sponge type hockey puck? something kids use to practice with?
7echo
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Never thought of doing it this way, might have to try it out.
We usually use adjustable machine mounts. More expensive than the pucks I am sure. Like Falcon 67 mentioned, no pucks in this area.
Some of our machines, including compressors, are not bolted tight. And we always use a flex connector from the tank to the wall where we transition to black iron pipe or copper.
silverdot1211
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I don't mean to high jack the thread but can you use isolator pads/hockey pucks and not bolt the compressor down? Just picked up a 60 this weekend and looking to install
vonhef
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Yes.... I used these on my compressor without bolting to the cement. Works great, doesnt move at all!
http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-vibration-control-levelers/=s8eige
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AP514
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Sure why not....but if it ever vibs off the pucks/pads..
you can go to HD or Lowe's and rent a DRILL HAMMER and do it Ez......or better yet buy a Cheap-o drill hammer at HF for about the same as renting from HD..got mine really cheap was on sale/coupon.
AP514
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Interesting..........i used the 3/4 square pads..mine are Wagner..got them from Flea-bay
Do a search, but there was a thread awhile back that suggested bolting down a compressor was a bad thing to do.
The theory was that the compressor needs to flex slightly and bolting it down can create extra stress/metal fatigue by keeping it too rigid.
Take this for what it's worth.
A 60 gallon compressor resting on proper anti vibration pads won't move around.
Falcon67
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In my old shop the compressor sat on three 4" square pieces of stall blanket. I had a chain around the top bracket as a "safety/tip over" thing, bolted to the wall. Compressor was free to move. It never moved an millimeter in three years.
This is the current setup - the pallet was engineered to float in the wall with pads on the bottom.
n8n
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Compressor at my friend's shop is just bolted to pieces of wood, not bolted to floor. Seems to work fine.
I have made many a "safety type" driver's side motor mount for old Studebakers from stacked up hockey pucks. The car doesn't know or care that it's actually sporting equipment. It *does* care that it's not relying on steel bonded to rubber to keep the engine from jumping up and saying "hi!" when you go WOT though...
I have made many a "safety type" driver's side motor mount for old Studebakers from stacked up hockey pucks. The car doesn't know or care that it's actually sporting equipment. It *does* care that it's not relying on steel bonded to rubber to keep the engine from jumping up and saying "hi!" when you go WOT though...
TAMPAGT07
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Actually, many people don't know this but hockey pucks were actually invented for air compressors...Back in the early 1900's, Lord Alfred Puck, invented AC pucks for his air compressor...His 9 year old son, Earl (Puck) picked up one of his golf clubs spaced out his hands approx 1 1/2' apart and began smacking the AC puck around in the shop... Alfred was very intrigued and told his son to bring the golf club and the puck outside to the frozen pond...Earl began skating down the ice with the golf club and the AC puck...Alfred called up his pal Lord Stanley and the rest is history.... Go NY Rangers.......
Falcon67
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That's just so pucked up...
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woodzy
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I have an upright compressor and for the past 16 years, it has been on the pallet it came on sitting on a new tire (no rim) that the local shop gave me because it had a flaw in the sidewall. Zero cost and it works fine to hold it and dampen vibrations.
trainer
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Pucks grow wild here.
The best time to pick them is early spring when the snow is melting.
Typical places to pick them are backyards, public parks and in the snow banks next to garages. A dented garage door with black marks is a good indicator that pucks are growing nearby.
The hard dense black variety are most common, but softer black ones and orange pucks can also be found.
The best time to pick them is early spring when the snow is melting.
Typical places to pick them are backyards, public parks and in the snow banks next to garages. A dented garage door with black marks is a good indicator that pucks are growing nearby.
The hard dense black variety are most common, but softer black ones and orange pucks can also be found.
TAMPAGT07
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Actually, many people don't know this but hockey pucks were actually invented for air compressors...Back in the early 1900's, Lord Alfred Puck, invented AC pucks for his air compressor...His 9 year old son, Earl (Puck) picked up one of his golf clubs spaced out his hands approx 1 1/2' apart and began smacking the AC puck around in the shop... Alfred was very intrigued and told his son to bring the golf club and the puck outside to the frozen pond...Earl began skating down the ice with the golf club and the AC puck...Alfred called up his pal Lord Stanley and the rest is history.... Go NY Rangers.......
FACT
FICTION Everyone knows the best time to pick them is LATE spring, long after the snow has melted.....
My opinion on the pucks is they would be a little too hard of material to properly absorb the vibration.
Lol, Just yesterday I posted this in another thread here named “Mounting air compressor”
So, I’m just going to cut & paste my post here.
By the way, these really work well.
I just used these, quick simple and available at Home Depot.
The pads measure 3¼” square x 1¼” thick. My compressor is an 80 gal SB that weighs 648 pounds. It’s not bolted down just resting on the pads. The pads carry the weight just fine; the compressor is stable and has not moved at all.
Lol, Just yesterday I posted this in another thread here named “Mounting air compressor”
So, I’m just going to cut & paste my post here.
By the way, these really work well.
I just used these, quick simple and available at Home Depot.
The pads measure 3¼” square x 1¼” thick. My compressor is an 80 gal SB that weighs 648 pounds. It’s not bolted down just resting on the pads. The pads carry the weight just fine; the compressor is stable and has not moved at all.
TAMPAGT07
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My opinion on the pucks is they would be a little too hard of material to properly absorb the vibration.
Lol, Just yesterday I posted this in another thread here named “Mounting air compressor”
So, I’m just going to cut & paste my post here.
By the way, these really work well.
I just used these, quick simple and available at Home Depot.
The pads measure 3¼” square x 1¼” thick. My compressor is an 80 gal SB that weighs 648 pounds. It’s not bolted down just resting on the pads. The pads carry the weight just fine; the compressor is stable and has not moved at all.
Yeah, but you can't play hockey with them if you get rid of your compressor....
And I only paid $3 for 3 used hockey pucks....383 240z
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Here is how my 80 gal vertical sits. 4 regular old hockey pucks. I chucked them in the lathe, turned a recess for the bolt head and a washer bored thru for the bolt, added another flat washer, lock washer and nut. Easy peasy. Keith
Charles (in GA)
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I used machine tool feet from MSC.
Mason brand.
Charles
Mason brand.
Charles
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finn
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The kids used the hockey pucks for probably 5 or 10 years: 5 more years in a closet, and now 7 years isolating my 80 gallon compressor, and still going strong.
I'd say those $.99 hockey pucks were a sound investment.
I'd say those $.99 hockey pucks were a sound investment.
fiaroadster
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I tried the pucks on a painted floor and they do what pucks do, slide everywhere.
That's exactly my question.
Why would you choose a material specifically designed to slide effortlessly for a machine you want to stay put. It doesn't make any sense.
What am I missing here??
Stuart in MN
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Unless your garage floor is made of ice and you regularly condition it with a Zamboni, those pucks aren't going to slide around very much.
Thanks for the replies. Gungatim, sponge pucks are made of a spongier rubber, not as dense as a regular hockey puck. We used them mostly for street hockey in the winter. They don't hurt much when you get hit with them.
And now for an Ah-ha moment. I have a bunch of 1\2 inch rubber stall mats that we don't use any more. I'm going to try putting the compressor on one of those first.
And now for an Ah-ha moment. I have a bunch of 1\2 inch rubber stall mats that we don't use any more. I'm going to try putting the compressor on one of those first.
Duker
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I used hockey pucks as well and they have been great for reducing the noise generated from my air compressor. They were cheap, quick and worked. Made the stand to make running the drain pipe easier.
yucholian
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Go to Tractor Supply store, buy 1 linear foot of conveyor belt material, cut to size and put under each feet. Completely eliminated the vibration on my 80 gallon 2 stage.
jomobco
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Actually, many people don't know this but hockey pucks were actually invented for air compressors...Back in the early 1900's, Lord Alfred Puck, invented AC pucks for his air compressor...His 9 year old son, Earl (Puck) picked up one of his golf clubs spaced out his hands approx 1 1/2' apart and began smacking the AC puck around in the shop... Alfred was very intrigued and told his son to bring the golf club and the puck outside to the frozen pond...Earl began skating down the ice with the golf club and the AC puck...Alfred called up his pal Lord Stanley and the rest is history.... Go NY Rangers.......
Puck me. Where did you puck this up at?
