My Shop Equipment

[Tom Anderson]

Titanium Battle Mace!

Epic.

Kind of nasty looking, isn't it? :D

What's the weight on the walking stick ?

They can vary a bit, but the last one was 47 ounces.

The "Nuke" canes are heavier than the Classic or the T-Grip versions I make.

 

[KC2IXE]

Nice shop.

Speaking or compressed air, at the CC Theatre I work at while attending school there we have compressor power that would blow you away.
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Back in the 1979-1980 era, I had a summer job for Bulova Watch - they had taken the mfg out of their plant in Astoria (mostly) nad turned it into a warehouse. The thing is, the plant air compressors were there. Cant remember the exact size, BUT there were TWO, and if I remember correctly EACH was something like 75 or 100 HP - BIG reciprocating compressors - the bore had to be like 10 Inches with a LONG stroke. As most of the plant was shut, we only ran one. I never saw the air tank - it was a "ROOM" in the back

That place was strange. Picture a building that you make watches in, and how clean you have to keep it - despite it being a warehouse, it was still kept that way, and the small mfg that was left was in a clean room inside THAT (think it was stuff for the Military)

ODD things I knew because I ended up on the HVAC staff - like the tache that every 'mechanical room' (which had at least 3-4 AC compressors in them - most 8 or 9) was designed that at full load, there was still at least one SPARE compressor, so that by just changing valves, we could keep the system at 100%. Ditto the cooling towers - each of the 4 tower rooms had a spare tower (and yes, the towers were INSIDE, and could be closed off from the weather, or the space fan vented)

The OTHER part - the building ran at 100% fresh air - NOT recirculated, and the building was kept at a SIGNIFICANT positive pressure, to prevent dust/dirt from getting in, and on top of that, all air used was electrostaticlly precipitated - aka the builing - all of it, from the lobby and everywhere else, was basiclly a clean room!

 

[StrikerDown]

Back in the 1979-1980 era, I had a summer job for Bulova Watch - they had taken the mfg out of their plant in Astoria (mostly) nad turned it into a warehouse. The thing is, the plant air compressors were there. Cant remember the exact size, BUT there were TWO, and if I remember correctly EACH was something like 75 or 100 HP - BIG reciprocating compressors - the bore had to be like 10 Inches with a LONG stroke. As most of the plant was shut, we only ran one. I never saw the air tank - it was a "ROOM" in the back

That place was strange. Picture a building that you make watches in, and how clean you have to keep it - despite it being a warehouse, it was still kept that way, and the small mfg that was left was in a clean room inside THAT (think it was stuff for the Military)

ODD things I knew because I ended up on the HVAC staff - like the tache that every 'mechanical room' (which had at least 3-4 AC compressors in them - most 8 or 9) was designed that at full load, there was still at least one SPARE compressor, so that by just changing valves, we could keep the system at 100%. Ditto the cooling towers - each of the 4 tower rooms had a spare tower (and yes, the towers were INSIDE, and could be closed off from the weather, or the space fan vented)

The OTHER part - the building ran at 100% fresh air - NOT recirculated, and the building was kept at a SIGNIFICANT positive pressure, to prevent dust/dirt from getting in, and on top of that, all air used was electrostaticlly precipitated - aka the builing - all of it, from the lobby and everywhere else, was basiclly a clean room!

You for got to mention when they paid the energy bill the bank became a clean room! :D

 

[KC2IXE]

You for got to mention when they paid the energy bill the bank became a clean room! :D

Yeah, Running 100% fresh air on a building that size must have cost a TON of money - you could keep cool standing 4-5 feet outside the employee doors during the rush times - the breeze was significant

 

[Superdave]

so that drier actually works on your blast cabinet?


i've got 2 of them in the air line to mine and i still get water. my tank gets drained weekly and the driers get drained before use.


i mostly blast engine parts so it's not a huge deal, just annoying.



nice setup though!

 

[Tom Anderson]

I have 2 coalescing filters in line right before the drier. (You can't see them in the photo, but they're on the side of the cabinet. The blue hose comes out from them.)

I also have a big dehumidifier not shown in the photos that keeps the humidity in my shop below 60%.