New Arrival

[StrikerDown]

I got moved into the new house almost 2 months ago and have been spending most of my spare time working on the new shop for about the last month... Yesterday something from Quincy, IL...


My new compressor arrived!


The UPS Driver was kind enough to roll it up the drive and into the garage:


Baldor Baby!




American made, (at least enough to wear the flag!)
The home grown quality is evident, fit and finish are superb!

The shop is getting close to being finished, even put in a 2 ton Mini Split:


Hopefully this will take the edge off those freezing cold and boiling hot days!

Not pictured is the wiring for the lathe, mill, TIG, MIG and work benches all behind the sheet rock along with the plumbing for the air distribution. Tomorrow a friend is coming over to start getting it textured so hopefully I can get it painted in the next few days and finally get everything pushed into place.
I won't have to move a car and Harley to use the tools, the house has a 2 car attached and 4 can detached garage/shop!

More pics to come as I get it all together, still lots more work to be done... more lighting power strips at work benches, etc.

 

[gadget_lover]

I was envious of the Quincy compressor. Then I read "the house has a 2 car attached and 4 can detached garage/shop!" and became downright jealous.

I'm assuming that's a 4 car detached garage, not 4 bathroom.


Daniel

 

[precisionworks]

Awsum :)

There's a song about young women, old whiskey & watermelon wine (the three essentials of a good life). A finely built compressor is the fourth. Fifty years from now when one of your kids or grandkids has that Quincy they can call the company & obtain everything including the date of manufacture, distributor it was sold to, etc. Customer service is totally the best.

 

[Atlascycle]

Whom did you purchase it through?

Jason

 

[StrikerDown]

Jason,
Power Equipment Direct/Air Compressors Direct. (FREE Shipping no tax) Here's a link:
http://www.aircompressorsdirect.com/Quincy-2V41C60VC-Air-Compressor/p855.html

Barry,
After following Will Q's compressor link on his Quincy it was almost a done deal. I did contact Eaton / Polar Air for some info because they also US make very good equipment but after being ignored two times (email) I went with the Quincy. The Polar Air I was looking at was better equipped, 1750 RPM Motor and after cooler so it would have made less noise and been better at water removal, and the cost of the unit was very close Plus Shipping and I don't know about the tax, but I just hate being ignored! Their loss!!

Daniel,
Yup, 4 car detached garage. 20'X35' of joy! :D

Finally a single story house (a little smaller, no kids now) with lots of garage... this will be my retirement home!

 

[precisionworks]

I just hate being ignored!

BTDT

Today's consumer likes short response times. Seconds are preferred, minutes are OK, hours make one wonder if a call or email went into the black hole, etc. Snooze & lose. Some really good companies (like Eaton) need to work on that. In fairness their commercial side is top notch with excellent tech support by email & phone - nice when replacing a 25hp VFD.

 

[StrikerDown]

BTDT

Today's consumer likes short response times. Seconds are preferred, minutes are OK, hours make one wonder if a call or email went into the black hole, etc. Snooze & lose. Some really good companies (like Eaton) need to work on that. In fairness their commercial side is top notch with excellent tech support by email & phone - nice when replacing a 25hp VFD.

Waited two days after the second email before I ordered from Quincy... over two weeks now and still have not received a response. It might be a superior product but the response, or lack of, is not confidence inspiring. It leaves me thinking that if I had a problem with their product it would take forever to be resolved.

 

[Atlascycle]

Thanks for the information Ray, will be looking for an Air Compressor Soon.
I will consider Air Compressors Direct.


Jason

 

[precisionworks]

Quincy 2-stage is the "house compressor" since it's in the attached garage. 1930's vintage according to customer service at Quincy Compressor - who gave me the month/day/year of manufacture, to whom it was first sold, etc. Pump rpm is around 500 IIRC, motor is original that died & got rewound. 90psi turn on, 110psi turn off, added a Load Genie automatic unloader so the pump is always unloaded at start.

Oil is Valvoline VR1 Racing Formula, 20-50 full synthetic, as she seems to prefer this (compressors are always feminine & you'll eventually figure out why if you have a few in service). Motor uses sleeve bearings/bushings & those get a squirt of anything around 100 weight because of total loss lubrication.

At age 80+ she purrs like a happy kitten. Quincy figures that with the slow pump rpm she may go another 80 years.

Couldn't resist the OT but Quincy today is not much different than Quincy of the early 1900's. Awesome customer service on the other Quincy's in the shop & a well engineered product. (I'm tempted to say that Bison Workholding could learn a lesson but that would be tactless :) )

 

[StrikerDown]

Quincy 2-stage is the "house compressor" since it's in the attached garage. 1930's vintage according to customer service at Quincy Compressor - who gave me the month/day/year of manufacture, to whom it was first sold, etc. Pump rpm is around 500 IIRC, motor is original that died & got rewound. 90psi turn on, 110psi turn off, added a Load Genie automatic unloader so the pump is always unloaded at start.

Oil is Valvoline VR1 Racing Formula, 20-50 full synthetic, as she seems to prefer this (compressors are always feminine & you'll eventually figure out why if you have a few in service). Motor uses sleeve bearings/bushings & those get a squirt of anything around 100 weight because of total loss lubrication.

At age 80+ she purrs like a happy kitten. Quincy figures that with the slow pump rpm she may go another 80 years.

Couldn't resist the OT but Quincy today is not much different than Quincy of the early 1900's. Awesome customer service on the other Quincy's in the shop & a well engineered product. (I'm tempted to say that Bison Workholding could learn a lesson but that would be tactless :) )

Hahaha, I would say Polar Air has been learning from Bison... but that too would be tactless! :)

80 years and still purring along, that's very cool! I am sure you have had the tank Hydro tested every 10 as required too:poke:, Haha I am amazed the tank is still holding together after so long.

 

[precisionworks]

... sure you have had the tank Hydro tested every 10 ...

LOL, I did perform a Redneck Tank Cert test before the first use. The bottoms of any tank accumulate water & they rust out first so I banged away with a ball pein hammer & listened for tonal changes (indicating thin areas). Had the hammer penetrated the tank shell that would also indicate an unsafe tank. I believe the tank is 1/4" rolled plate based on total weight of pump & tank.

Pressure is limited to 110 psi which also lowers the stresses on the old tank. Not sure the typical thickness of a new Quincy or Ingersoll tank but probably .100" or a tad more.

 

[StrikerDown]

Redneck Cert...I like it!

Over the last few days I got the texturing finished and today got it all primed...

Every stage of this project seems to take longer than expected. I was masking everything I didn't want primed and painted and I heard the wind picking up. didn't think too much of it but decided to look outside... lo and behold it started to rain. Not usually a problem except I had rolled the mill and lathe outside and the high wind blew the covers off! Had to rip the plastic off the garage door and roll the machines back inside, wipe them dry then oil all the metal surfaces, an hour and half later I had everything masked and covered including the mill and Lathe and was ready to shoot primer. Got out the airless sprayer that I haven't used for umm nearly 19 - 20 years and flushed mineral spirits out of the pump with water... seemed to spray the water fine, thinned the primer and tried to run it through the pump. After a very short spurt it quit. Seems the rubber hose had deteriorated and the gun was plugged and being a cheap gun it didn't have a way the clear blockages easily. Off to the hardware... a new gun, hose and back in business! Tomorrow paint, cleanup and start moving stuff back in and getting it arranged. I'm getting tired!

 

[precisionworks]

Please spray 5 gallons of used sump oil on the walls & ceiling before moving the equipment back in. Saves a lot of time :)

 

[StrikerDown]

Please spray 5 gallons of used sump oil on the walls & ceiling before moving the equipment back in. Saves a lot of time :)

Roflol, but the splash pattern is so hard to duplicate!

Paint is done... no oil... yet.

 

[darkzero]

Very nice Ray! Of course I'm envious of the Quincy & shop space but I'm jealous of the mini split too. I've been really thinking about getting one since my buddy told me he was planning to get one this year.

 

[precisionworks]

Since we're already OT ...

Lennox multi-stage 95% efficient furnace & 21 SEER A/C. Yellow box is location of register that dumps all the heated or cooled air into the gunsmithing area OR dumps it all into the house. Shelves on left (red box) get torn out this morning to finish duct work. Pleat filter is 25x15x5 & should do a nice job eliminating some of the dust in the house. Stat is the Lennox iComfort WiFi & that allows changing settings from anywhere my iPhone has reception:

LOL my technology is better than yours ... for maybe 90 days :)

 

[precisionworks]

Quite a few feet of 3/4" line set was left over & got put to good use:

The compressor pump already has an intercooler between stage 1 & stage 2. Adding the aftercooler helps more moisture condense out in the tank.

 

[StrikerDown]

Thanks Will. It hit mid 90's a couple days ago so I got to test out the mini split... No problem making it cold in the shop, It should make it much more comfortable on those 100 plus days!

That's cool Barry, the after cooler doubles as guard cage also!:eek:

The shop is almost done, I need to get pics posted soon as I take them!

 

[StrikerDown]

LOL my technology is better than yours ... for maybe 90 days :)

Very cool!

Here is mine:








The above functions are available anywhere I can get an internet or cell connection.

 

[StrikerDown]

Here is the latest goings on in the shop:

The Air compressor feeds into about 60' of 3/4" copper pipe that runs up and down both sides of the roll up door and across and back above the door, all sloped down and away from the Regulator, Motor Guard air filter and entry to the distribution system. The theory is to get the air as cool as possible before it enters the air distribution system. I have water traps at both ends as well as in the middle where it goes down the far side of the door small 1/4" ball valves are at the bottom of each trap for drainage. I ran the compressor for over an hour with air bleeding out to keep it running to see how well it works, after wards I pulled the filter element and it was completely dry. The compressor tank and copper pipe inlet side were quite warm but the copper at the other end was almost room temperature so I guess that part is working. I will probably add an after cooler between the pump and tank at some point when I get the time since the tank is the best place to get the water to condense.



To the right of the mill there is two quick disconnects for compressed air, the same is located at the lathe and by the air compressor in addition the the hose reel. Above two of the work benches there is a power strip attached to the wall.
My lovely wife gave me a 32" LED TV for my birthday as well as a wall mount to hang it up with!




Behind a pair of cabinets I hung up slat board to hang miscellanious crap!



The air conditioner/heater (mini split system)
Outside:


Remote:


This was another learning experience, my first AC install... I think it came out really well!

And Chuck Norris!


Still lots to do yet,I want to hang a couple more fluorescents over the mill, lathe and welding table. Not to mention I need to put all the crap away and clean up all the mess!:o