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Old 08-16-2018, 04:53 PM
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A carry over from my Old shop was this Campbell Hausfield 80 gallon two stage compressor. It worked great for me for 20 years. We had it moved to the new shop and installed in the "compressor room".



It got hard use in the first year at the new shop with a lot of hours sandblasting,and the wear and tear started to show. Aside from the water in our lines we were getting blowbye.

Decision to replace: Lloyd had a hankering (hankerin) for a rotary compressor, super quiet and lots of capacity. Upon shopping around we found we could get what we needed for our budget but were advised against it due to our sporadic (limited) use.
We opted for a 10 HP,120 gallon horizontal tank and a Boge refrigerated dryer.

New baby arriving:



Notice the made in Canada flag.

One of the challenges was getting it out to the back of the building where the compressor room was.
Plan A was to move the car under the stacker and move the unit with the forklift. The forklift was 1 inch taller than the highest clearance of the lift. Letting the air out of the forklift tires was out of the question and they were solid rubber.
Plan b was to move the compressor over the lift by narrowing the pathway. This was done.



And the move was complete, next step was to get it in the room. The new compressor was specked out for clearance and we only had one inch on each side to get it through the door.



Within 2 hours we were up and running with volumes of clean dry air.
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Old 08-21-2018, 04:14 PM
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My GOD you are going to love the drier...
I love having one and clean cool dry air is so pleasant and doesn't wear out your air tools near as quickly.
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Not to hijack the thread; but school me on dryers. I see many compressors with driers, most are not refrigerated. How effective is a non refrigerated drier? Seems if it were big enough, it would bring the temp back down close to ambient. I thought about using an old A/C condensing unit (with a bad compressor.... just bypass the compressor). Run your air into the condensing coil and back out into the compressor tank. Wire it up so the fan kicks on any time the compressor is running.

Stupid idea? Not worth the trouble? I guess back to my original question, what I really want to know is if a non refrigerated aftercooler/dryer is even worth the effort. Or does it have to be refrigerated to be effective?

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Thanks James and Eddie!, the shop project has come a looong way since you (Eddie) visited us last summer and we're getting close to the end of our rehab of the exterior envelope, the Brooklyn RS Z/28 is getting some renewed attention...and I'm looking forward to getting it in the shop to start the assembly and more component restoration in the fall!








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That's a real healthy looking z28 you are working on & your shop looks like a very comfortable place to work in . Will this Z have white or black stripes.
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That's a real healthy looking z28 you are working on & your shop looks like a very comfortable place to work in . Will this Z have white or black stripes.
Thanks Marc, as the Z is Hugger Orange with no vinyl top the stripe callout is white.
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WOW your 69 is looking GREAT, I didn't realize you were so far along.
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hugger orange done right is very stunning!

great work!
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Ok ,Back to the shop, where we left off was finishing the outside of the building. Next steps were to create two tracks to allow access and revamp the front landscaping. The revamp included a new walkway to the front door.



Followed by the new tracks for entry to the parking bay:



The city would not alter the front curb as there is a engineering spec for a lot our size to only have one driveway entrance, so we have to live with race ramps to mount the curb.

Base rock and cross drainage:



Let the pour begin:




Next steps were replacing the lawn with a less maintenance product River rock.
We estimated 4 yards and it took six, thats 18,000 pounds if you need to know. Hired a couple of grunts to do this.





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With access to the new front room,it was time to put down the new floor. we went with Swis Trax as they were local. Grey and black pattern was chosen and the plan to do the entire parts room and entrance way in the future.


This stuff is easy to install and was down in 3 hours with all trimming.





with base trim installed:



After six months of construction (weekends only) I was finally able to get my parts shelves into this room.



Looking good from the curb.




And a novel idea, park a car in there.



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