OBA -> On Board Air Mega Thread & BS

Personally, I am going to run a coil of hose from mine to make a 6' run -> air separator -> tank.

At first it will look like crap, but when I go hard lines, it will look nice. Polished and similar to a distiller, or a coil spring.

 

Damn, thats your other setup? nice.

I have check valves all over the place. Plan to keep the system up to pressure all the time. In my opinion, that leaves you less chance of failure when it really counts. If your system goes offline, you would still have x gallons of air already and could use that.

My setup also has a drain valve. Think every system should. Properly 'graded' the tank or proper drainage as well.

 

Yep, that was the old ride back in 2005...

Since you like redundancy have you thought of using a schrader valve in one of the spare bungs if you have a compressor failure it'll allow you to fill off someone else's OBA to run lockers.

 

already done. Check valve and a manual valve there also. In reality, I cannot imagine my system going down with dual compressors/.

I am thinking of a second 1 gal tank relocated somewhere else though. Then again, my end goal is to have AIRTANK SLIDERS. So I might scrap that idea. My air tank might be converted into a water storage vessel. Not sure yet. Sliders are a ways off since I want to learn to weld.

 

This is the manifold for my on-board air. This manifold is 12" long and 1.75" high. The bracket on the top hold a regulator to set the pressure for the lockers at 80 PSI. There are ports on the front, top and back sides and the whole thing just fits into the cubby hole on the passenger side of the bed. The compressor is a Viair 400C and a 3 gallon tank is under the bed just in front of the rear bumper.

 

Thats a nice piece of ART! Man, what was the price point to get one of them made? Or you said you did it yourself?

 

I though about this project for a couple weeks. I planned like 3 different manifold schemes on paper and then once I had the regulator, solenoids (2), the fittings, pressure switch, etc. I set about fitting it into that bed-side cubby hole box. I had to abort the first plan as it just would not fit. This one has two separate sections with one part pre-regulator and the other post regulator. Due to space limitations I think I will have to run the pressure switch/relay under the truck mounted directly to the air tank if I can tuck it well out of harms way.

I made this in my garage shop. Nice to have a full size mill.

 

Got a pic of you mill? just currious.

 

My mill is a full size Grizzly brand mill (Chineese copy of Bridgeport), and I use it a lot for a hobbyist. We have a couple Bridgeport mills at work and they are a little bit better in some ways but cost 3 to 4 times as much new. I tried to buy a used Bridgeport, but all I saw were in rough shape and they still wanted big dollars. I bought a benchtop mill first, but found its limitations right away and was able to trade up without loosing a dime! Having a mill is just the beginning, you need all kinds of tooling and cutters before you can make anything. Same with a lathe.
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Nice! I owned a Lathe for a short time. Used it for all sorts of nice projects. Sadly Got rid of it when space got limited and living arrangements changed. Having a GARAGE or workspace is a nice comoditity, unfortunately I do not have right now. My hope, is that right after tax season, Purchase another house with either a garage or enough property to put a garage on.

I see nice tools and machining equiptment on CL local to me all the time and drool over them. Can't count how many times I have actually passed up FREE tools especially a full sized Drill press.

Ideally I would have a 2 port garage with 30' ceilings, one or two lifts, then an attached shop on the side and possible a separate machine shop also attached.

I feel my creativity is only limited by the space I have at hand. All the sketched tech I have that I want to bring to life would have a nice impact on the industries I have directed them towards.

A nice piece of property. That would be great for the family. :endrant:

 

PMed about this but skygear thought it'd be a useful addition to this thread here so I'll copy paste our Pm's here:

I asked him if he thought this would be a viable addition with our platform.

http://www.extremeoutback.com/product/91/ExtremeFlow+Belt+Drive+Compressor+SERPENTINE+BELT.html

His response was this:

Yes, appears so. I would like to see some reviews and it installed on other platforms first. Remember an longer serpentine belt would come into play here./

I had considered doing a belt driven version. Decided with all the people having issues on other boards I would steer clear. The issues were overheating, and having to idle at a higher RPM to make it useable.

If this is not the case with this one. I would be interested. - My engine bay is going to get cramped quick when I decide to add the URD super charger kit, and HO Alternator. I would have to see how the space looked after that install.

Realistically had been researching them in depth, the brand that is, never came across this one though. DUAL on mine was the goal. But if the reliability is there on this, and space allows, i could see upgrading to it. POsSIBLY even ADDING it to the current setup.

 

My thinking is the same, I'd like to see some real world use from this first but it seems like it could be a good solution for OBA, if it works.

 

I did some quick research, found a few OLD and I mean OLD threads. Seems these have been around for a long time. No one really talks about dropping the hammer on one of these though. they all go with the YORKS or similar. looking at the YORKS, they are MUCH bigger than this.

Price has increased from 379.99 since 2004 though

http://www.blazinlow.com/forum/show...Extreme-Flow-engine-driven-compressor-vs-York
http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/263372-12v-board-air-choices.html

 

Yes, an engine driven compressor has enormous capability! It would be able to run pneumatic tools and refill tires very rapidly. The downside is modifying your belt drive system to make it work. As my truck is not two years old yet I was not willing to modify the vehicles belt drive system. And for about 250 or $300 I can have my 12volt powered compressor and mount it out of the heat of the engine wherever I want. Remember if you really want easy and NO installation you can buy a portable compressor in a carryable pack.

 

yep./ I'm still up in the air about it. That one is rated up to 200 psi also though. Could be an interesting addition. ONLY after my URD instal though. POwer and POWER first. Then revisit the air since mine is completed to current needs.

Air tank sliders also for me before I go this route.

If I had not already done mine. Would have put more time into the research of this one. Especially due to the date this has been around. Funny there are no real reviews or youtube on it.

 

Yeah, I've been looking too. What is you do for a living skygear (if that IS your real name)?

Just curious

 

I'm a philanthropist. Hence why I am broke al the time. I offer my skill set(s) for free to most, take care of my family the rest of the time.

Jack of all trades, master of many. I like to deal with facts, not fiction and will research something til I am proficient in it.

 

You can make money being a philanthropist?

 

Nope. By definition,

Instead it is my skills that I give away for free. Where in most circles, by trade, that is money.

 

That's why I was surprised haha. "wait, isn't that counter productive?"

Well my friend you seem to have many skills. Still not entirely sure how support a family giving everything away, but hey, if it works it works.