1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

or thissun

 

That's very subtle

 

Test that assumption at your earliest convenience

If you wanna keep it classy

 

"Honk twice if you'd like to pull over and...discuss"

 

Ooh I like that one

 

Refrigerated air is serious bucks. I would rig up something like this if its occasional use.

 

I saw a BMW with this absolutely wild wing last night, this is the best pic I could get...

The center also light up too

 

nO OnE WaNtS To wOrK AnYmOrE

 

The setups I looked at are between $800-1500, small shop use.

What you linked is exactly the sort of DIY setup I was talking about so thanks! But I've seen them made with copper, never PVC. And sometimes a fan or something attached to the setup.

The copper would help pull heat away but really the hot air only comes from the compressor, which is why I wondered if it was necessary at all?

More food for thought though so thanks for that.

 

There are dissenting opinions about using PCV for shop air... but I've only ever seen one line blowup and it was spectacular enough that I'd plumb shop air with it again on the off chance I get to witness it again.

 

Isn't running compressed air through PVC like a huge no-no?

 

Man...I mean I always wear shop glasses doing anything at all in the garage but imagine that thick plastic shrapnel coming at all?

 

Some more food for thought: passive underground cooling with a drain at the bottom of the hill

Snake pipe a few feet down in your front yard (trench like you'd do with sprinklers). The cooler soil will condense the moisture and gravity will pull it towards a street valve for disposal (assuming you have an incline like 99% of houses)

 

Yeah you really shouldn't use PVC for shop air, it isn't the do everything piping people think it is. Copper or even iron would be a better choice

 

I've read and heard the same.

Some people even use that..pex or whatever tubing is used normally for water.

I just want less moisture with less maintenance; I'll accept draining water as routine maintenance but I don't want to go drying beads and replacing them every couple of uses.

 

I bet @Sperrunner has tons of extra copper.

He needs to visit me again

 

You should wash your beads with body safe soaps or boil them before reuse.

 

Just methead things

 

If space wasn't a concern, I'd buy this already -

https://www.northerntool.com/produc...X-tgIJWxOLhICr88u0AaAhLPEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds