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    Ultimate Shop Setup

    Add ideas for your additions to the ultimate (DIY beer budget type) shop setup.

    I ran across this and it seemed like a good idea for air compressor drying (especially for sand blasting). Maybe a good addition for Brandon's shop.

    http://www.1969supersport.com/draw1.html
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    I don't know if 50' is necessary, but you do need some distance between the compressor and seperators. I've got a separator immediately off the 3' flex line before the hardline on mine, and 6' away I've got another separator on an outlet and it catches more stuff than the first one. My setup could really use an "intercooler" type deal before the first separator.
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    Looks like he plans to do alot of painting, so he's probably just being cautious.
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    That seems a little odd to me, but I'm not terribly educated on the subject. If you need distance then why not run the compressor (and noise) farther away from your work space? Also could add multiple connection points around a shop. We have a fancy dryer at work now, but used to have one pipe that held moisture that we drained, also at most of the work stations there is a collector that can be drained.

    Also, from what I understand, the really dry air is more important for blasting and spraying, not as much air tools.
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    That guy seems really really paranoid about moisture in his system. He went through a lot of trouble for nothing. It's not like an air line is going to ever be perfectly level, so why go through the trouble of putting such angles in the system to allow for drain off? Also, if he would use a decent drier he wouldn't even need to drain the system other than his tank. If you were going to be painting, or even running air tools, the cleaner and dryer the air, the better off you will be. If I were building a shop, this is what I'd use: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DeVIL...4015QQtcZphoto

    sure, it's a bit of an investment, but it's nice when you don't have to worry about contamination or moisture tearing up your tools or ruining a paint job.
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    psssst...Fred, push the **** we sell, good for business!

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    If we're going low buck though we need to have Grayson explain his dad's dryer.
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    Thunderbird will do just fine.

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    For $420+, do you think his system would be any cheaper? Granted, it would be a much easeier install.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMFScout
    psssst...Fred, push the **** we sell, good for business!

    http://www.hankisonintl.com/Products...ngProducts.htm

    I'll take one of everything as long as it comes w/ a Collins Bros. discount.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Fredo View Post
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    Not half, not some, but all my cash...
    'Cause if she don't,
    I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

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    Slope the air lines so you can have one drain at the end. Use an autodrain filter just past the tank. Each air line should run vertical up from the main line and then bend down. This will get you pretty clean air good for most things. For painting, have another autodrain filter with a desicant drier behind it which you plug into whatever air line drop you are going to use. I haven't had a problem blasting with air that just went through a filter.

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    for 100 bucks more, is this a better deal? (than the type deal fred posted)
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    there is far less upkeep with the 550$ one compared to the dessicant(sp?) style because in very humid invironments like texas it needs to be replaced quite often

    there are also much cheaper brands in the style like fred posted
    devillbiss=cadillac of paint guns

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    Those are better. You don't have to change dessicant, but they are more complex. I think for the low volume any of us would use you're better off with the simpler dissicant drier. You should be able to get the first 2 stages of the filter Fred posted for under $100, how much they list for Fred/Jimmy? Yall sell Norgren? I deal with things that are much more expensive than any automotive tools and such and have only once seen a drier called for. Usually its just a $50 Norgren filter/regulator. All I could see one being used for is paint, and that would be a cheap dessicant one.

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    Since those eBay ads will long be gone by the time I need to reference this thread:

    Fred's posting: DeVILBISS DAD-500 DESICCANT AIR DRYER/FILTER-Spray Gun

    Seth's posting: EATON REFRIGERATED DRYER FOR 5-7.5 HP AIR COMPRESSORS
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    Just FYI - I don't know what refrigerated dryer brand is best, that was just the first one that popped up. I guess that's eaton like diffs/superchargers/etc? I know they cover a pretty broad selection of products.

    The refrigerated dryer part in a search will get you in the ballpark.
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    1995 F150 SAS - Needs more work to sell
    1998 GMC pickup - sold
    2003 Yukon XL - wrecked/motor donor
    1975 Scout - TBD
    1976 Scout - parts truck
    1972 IH 1310 dually - TBD
    196? Scout 800 - 302 roller

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