My Sand blasting setup

[DavidApp]

Having bought a real compressor (60 Gallon Ingersoll Rand 5 HP) I followed John's suggestion on piping. About 50 feet of copper tune hung up by the ceiling with a slight slope towards the outlet. The idea being the air has a chance to cool and some of the moisture will condense in the tube. At the outlet end there is a "T". One leg goes down to a drain valve and the other leg goes up to feed the shop.
Having done some sand blasting I got a bit of water out of the drain valve.

Needing to Sand blast some smaller parts (Wheels and seat back) and did not have a blasting cabinet so I made a temporary one. Worked fairly well at no cost.


David

 

[NutmegCT]

Dave - Bravo! You should go into business doing installations like that. Sure beats the Rube Goldberg system my neighbor has.

Where'd you learn working with copper pipe?

Tom M.

 

[DavidApp]

Hello Tom

Thank you.

In the days before PVC pipe copper was all we had in England so I learned early how to do copper joints. Ours were a bit easier as they had the solder in the fitting. Clean, Flux and heat was all it took. Wiping lead pipe joints took real skill one that I never mastered.

The copper in the photo is the latest addition. The blue line was added a few months ago as an easy way to get air to several locations and connect the new setup to the rest of the shop. The blue line is a Northern Tool 1/2' Poly tube kit which is great to work with.

David

 

[NutmegCT]

Thanks Dave. That is *really* nice work.

 

[DavidApp]

Hello Tom

Thank you.

I try to do neat work. Wish I could keep my work area tidy.

David

 

[Sarastro]

I like the blast "cabinet." I'd really like to have a blast cabinet, but I just don't have room for it. So, I've thought of doing things similar to what you did. Nice to see someone doing it, and that it seems to work.