Air compressors (refers: Aldi)

Mine is a noisy bastard thing from France.
Le Roy Merlin Boulogne.

 

Understood and warning noted.

The problem is it (they are) really too noisy to use 1) near me
(Tinnitus) and 2) near anyone else in a residential area, not only for
the noise but the sort of people it might attract.

So, a carpet lined and baffled box, as big as I can give space around
the compressor with inlet and/or exhaust fans etc.

That's assuming I can't get away with just the Bambi / Wolf hybrid in
which case I can't hear that over the lathe!

Cheers, T i m

 

Only 800dollah. I'll stick with Netstumbler for the moment.

 

That's what I've always used to find the least busy channel.

 

If fitted at all, it's often a PCL-alike, but totally non-compatible.
Even if fitted with them, it's worth replacing with PCL /Schrader
/whatever you've standardised on in your workshop. Bear in mind that if
you stick with the unknown cheapy standard you'll always be farting
about making adapters or changing fittings or simply have a load of
difficulty finding more of the same. I've just had a look at the cheapy
no-name ones that came with a cheapy air tool kit and no sign of a
maker's name is to be found.
I replaced them all with PCL anyway, and used the rejected fittings to
make up a solid tyre inflater.

 

I have a fixed iron pipe around the workshop with several PCL quick
coupler sockets on it.

Saves farting around with lots of flexi-hose.

Paul.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

Iron is good. Don't be tempted to use copper plumbing pipe. Rumour has
it on the metalworking sites that it can work-harden with the
pressurisation cycles and eventually grenade.

I don't know it that's really true, or urbane miff, but it's not
something I'd personally chance.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mark Olson

Fairy nuff. Looks like myth then.

 

I wouldn't do air in anything else. Copper is just too fragile.

I'm sure that the installation that Mark is looking at isn't using
domestic CH pipe ..

P.

 

I am pretty sure our club's compressor has fixed copper piping,
although it maybe brass. I'll try to check tonight, that's running up
to 300 bar so must be rated to somewhat more than that.

 

yeah, this all started when I picked up a huge variable tapered thread
BSP cutting die for the pipe. Shortly followed by all the iron
fittings/plugs etc.

The pipe isn't easy to source in small quantities, and it's not cheap.

Since I was cladding the garage anyway, I wanted the pipework in
first.

If anyone else wants this done, let me know. I have a huge amount of
time on my hands ATM

Never !

Paul.

 

As I say, mine was £100 at the time which what still quite a lot for
me and considering the number of times one might use it in anger etc.

However, I don't think you can compare what it can do with the likes
of Netstumbler (and I use both).

Example. Mates, Ex's house. WiFi was working fine then nothing (well
something but no range). Mate has been round with Netstumbler, swapped
routers and found nothing. I go round with Wi-Spy and instantly find
*something* sitting across half the band. We start switching stuff off
like the power to all his HiFi / TV Sky and bingo, a clear band again.
We turn bits on one_at_a_time and get to his surround sound system and
the jamming is back.

It turns out his SS system uses 'wireless' to feed the remote speakers
and it had 'gone wrong' some time previous and they were happy to
leave it off. No 'WiFi' monitor would have found it because it wasn't
a WiFi signal.

A similar scenario was found to be a TV sender although it can also be
baby alarms, Wireless CCTV and car alarms these days.

I knew too many people (friends / family) who had suffered with WiFi
issues (who generally call on me to sort them out) to not have one.
;-)

T i m

p.s. If I really want to frighten people I tell them to turn the
microwave on and they can see the leakage from that from across the
house at equal power to the WiFi AP I'm sitting next to!

 

A mate has done similar in his cycle shop but with plastic push-fit
airline and I'm considering doing similar in the workshop.

Yup.

T i m

 

It's heavy, i'll probably bring it to the BOSM, so you can both fight
over it ..

P.

 

Are they the same as you see advertised as 'universal' (implying they
probably fit f all).

PCL. Seem to work ok but I was interested in what Beav was saying re
HVLP and restrictions within the connectors.

I've got enough of the 'unknown' fittings unused to make up an eBay
lot! ;-)

T i m

 

In that case it's Tim's.
I can't get to BOSM this year.

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R80/7, R100RT (green!)
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And I won't be going either I shouldn't think and as you got in first.

There must be someone going who lives your way?

If there isn't then I'm still up for second dibs assuming it's a 3/8"
sq drive (I have a 1/2" sq drive) and assuming some friendly soul is
going that lives my way (N Lundin / Herts) and wouldn't mind swapping
the carriage of said for a 4 pack?

Did I read here WUN is in Hoddesdon?

Cheers, T i m

 

Iron is more forgiving to knocks and scrapes in a cramped workshop ..

Cheers,

Paul.

 

Good point and probably more self supporting when it comes to adding
fittings etc.

However my workshop is built (so too late to but stuff behind the wall
cladding etc) and I have Spur (copy) shelving uprights every 18"
around all 3 walls. So, do the iron type pipe clips stand-off enough
to go over an upright do you think? Or do they offer different
thickness packing pieces etc?

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Ironically I've just given back my mates BSP die set!

 

You too, eh? I missed the assorted BSP cutters and holders a couple of
years ago in Lidl's, but snatched up a set last time round with just
this idea in mind.

Cheap enough around here - it's still used in some small domestic CH
installations; single pipe stuff. "Gunbarrel" it's known as here, but
before I use it I will have to find out what it's rated at.