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I have my utility sink ready to install in the basement (got it free recently). I probably won't do a commode but I might do a urinal. The walk out door leads to a grove of pines and this is a 100+ acre farm but there is the "winter factor".


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From time to time I find the need to hire somebody to whack me up the side of my head to make me notice the obvious...
I was thinking about how I can build an insulated sound-proof box with some heat to contain the farm shop air compressor. It sometimes has a minor problem starting when the shop is fully cold. If I can keep it up around 50 degrees it starts fine.
I must have tripped or something to make two brain cells bang together and it hit me... HEY STUPID... PUT THE DANG COMPRESSOR IN THE NICE WARM BASEMENT AND PIPE THE AIR OUT TO THE FARM SHOP ! ! ! instead of doing it the other way. I have plenty of power in the house to add the compressor and I have a small extra room I can put it in to quiet it down and it will be about 10' from the breaker box. The house and the farm shop are only about 100' apart. Most of my air tools call for 90 PSI and my compressor holds at 125 PSI. Any little pressure drop will not even be noticeable. Heck, my farm shop air hose is 100' long. I may still put an acoustical ceiling in that room and maybe something on its walls.
I'm glad that I finally saw the light, that is going to make a number of things a lot easier.
Sometimes the obvious is the last thing we see.


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robinson46176 wrote:From time to time I find the need to hire somebody to whack me up the side of my head to make me notice the obvious...
I was thinking about how I can build an insulated sound-proof box with some heat to contain the farm shop air compressor. It sometimes has a minor problem starting when the shop is fully cold. If I can keep it up around 50 degrees it starts fine.
I must have tripped or something to make two brain cells bang together and it hit me... HEY STUPID... PUT THE DANG COMPRESSOR IN THE NICE WARM BASEMENT AND PIPE THE AIR OUT TO THE FARM SHOP ! ! ! instead of doing it the other way. I have plenty of power in the house to add the compressor and I have a small extra room I can put it in to quiet it down and it will be about 10' from the breaker box. The house and the farm shop are only about 100' apart. Most of my air tools call for 90 PSI and my compressor holds at 125 PSI. Any little pressure drop will not even be noticeable. Heck, my farm shop air hose is 100' long. I may still put an acoustical ceiling in that room and maybe something on its walls.
I'm glad that I finally saw the light, that is going to make a number of things a lot easier.
Sometimes the obvious is the last thing we see.


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I don't have a compressor starting problem but I am doing some remodeling in the house and I use my pin and brad nailers. The shop with the big honking Quincey compressor is 60' wall to wall from the house. I thought about buying a small pancake compressor to run the nailers. After I considered that for a while I checked out the cost of air hose. I could buy two 100' air hoses cheaper than a compressor. Problem solved.

Before you recover from the head banging(or the glee from saving $) consider a second tank at the 'far' end of the hose.

One of those portable tanks would do.

Many years ago I got a two pack of 3/8 x 50 foot hoses at Sam's Club, I've only ever used them together a few times. One of them gets to most places but it was such a deal. Nice bright yellow for those that want to imagine in Technicolor.

I leave the compressor in the garage in its dog house and when needed run the hose into the house and I have done that a number of times for in house nailing projects. The 50 foot hose plus 25 foot hose gets me anywhere in the house.

If I have to work in the back yard then the second hose may comes into play depending on where in the yard.

I have a air storage tank and that does help but nailing is not as big a use as some other things.

BTW it was recommended to use longer hoses rather then electrical drop cords in the manual. I think it is also cheaper. Don't recall what I paid for the hose but it was relatively cheap and came without ends.... so you could pick what system you wanted I guess.

Ed

JPG wrote:Before you recover from the head banging(or the glee from saving $) consider a second tank at the 'far' end of the hose.

One of those portable tanks would do.

It is just for the nailers so far and don't have a problem so...

JPG wrote:Before you recover from the head banging(or the glee from saving $) consider a second tank at the 'far' end of the hose.

One of those portable tanks would do.

Right now the farm shop compressor's tank has a pin-hole leak so it is not in use. It is operating on the bead setting blast tank on my tire changer, maybe an 8 gallon tank. I will have an about a 20 - 30 gallon tank on each end.


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