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Re: Setting up shop

To: "Dave Williams" <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
Subject: Re: Setting up shop
From: "John Hardy" <hardwire@webleicester.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:13:24 +0100
> 
> 
> -> - air tools - what size compressor is needed to run drills/grinders
> -> without having to wait for the compressor all the time.

Min 14 CFM More if you want to run a blast cabinet these need 20CFM
> 
>  Compressors are a whole subject of their own, as the manufacturers'
> specs tend to range from misdirection to outright prevarication.  In
> general, get the one that makes the most CFM at 90PSI or better.  Put
> the compressor *outside* your work area - you could, for example, put it
> in a garden shed and run an underground pipe to the garage.  Otherwise
> it will drive you nuts with the noise.

Underground pipes are bad news. The create a low point which will collect
moisture you cannot drain. The moisture will collect doubly because of the
temperature change. Bad idea.

May beneficent spirits oversee your endeavours,

                              JH
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