[Shop-talk] Ever have a day like this?
eric at megageek.com
eric at megageek.com
Wed May 25 23:17:12 MDT 2011
OK, so after years of putting it off, I decided to plumb my shop for
serious air!
I've been scrounging black iron pipe and fittings for years. So I get all
my pipe and fittings together, I have a great diagram as to how I'm going
do it and I start the process.
About 1/2 way in, I realize that my shop is without air (compressor is
disconnected) and water, I needed to remove water lines to run the air
where I wanted them.
No problem, then, I realize that my truck's tire is flat!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? years and years of maintenance and replacements with
no problems, and the first flat I get is in my garage, on the VERY DAY
that I don't have a compressor running to fix it!!! AGGGG!!!!
So then I needed to stop, fix the tire, manually, and resume the plumbing
tomorrow. UGH!
On the bright side, when I get finished, I'll have a great system set up.
1" lines (that is right, 1" lines) for the main section, with only a few
3/4" drops. There are 8 drops in all, 4 auto retracting reels, two manual
reels (one with 100' of 3/8th line facing out the garage door) and a bunch
of drains and water separators. I can't wait for it to be finished!!!
Moose
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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