- Location
- Trent, Dorset
Does anyone have any tips for a new worshop air main? We are looking to move the compressor out of earshot and need to pipe the air to where it is needed. Is Sharkbite air worth the money? Tips please!
Workshop air main
- Thread starter Bomber101
- Start date
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Blue or yellow pvc pipe here. 25mm, Plasson fittings with inserts.
Been up 20 years.
Been up 20 years.
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
Tool station sell john guest air line with all the fittings.depending on size of workshop may not cost too much and its proper air line
- Location
- Near Colchester
The latest lots of blue that I have bought appear to have a black liner.
- Location
- Trent, Dorset
Thank you all. Think I will go with proper air pipe as 20bar rated rather than 12. We may upgrade at a later stage to a higher pressure air compressor so would like to be covered for the future. Local bearing place also does John Guest so have a ready supplier!
blue water pipe 25mm won't go brittle in the workshop both shops here got it in no issues
- Location
- Trent, Dorset
Only rated to 12.5 bar - may go 15 bar next time so would need to replace the whole system.
- Location
- SW Scotland
I put in a Transair system - aluminium pipe - from Kiowa Ltd. It was my lockdown "project" about 21 months ago.
25mm system rated to 16 bar and it looks exactly like the John Guest pipework - different fittings, obviously. I liked the rigid pipe as I was fitting the system into an old farm building and I could fit long lengths with few fittings. Used threaded bar into the wall and I could adjust each fitting to keep the pipes straight. I didn't want alkathene sagging along the wall.
Company was really easy to deal with and agreed a significant discount below the online prices.
25mm system rated to 16 bar and it looks exactly like the John Guest pipework - different fittings, obviously. I liked the rigid pipe as I was fitting the system into an old farm building and I could fit long lengths with few fittings. Used threaded bar into the wall and I could adjust each fitting to keep the pipes straight. I didn't want alkathene sagging along the wall.
Company was really easy to deal with and agreed a significant discount below the online prices.
not many compressors go over 150psi which is 10 bar what the hell are you running needs 217psi in a workshop
- Location
- Trent, Dorset
Two - or more - air tools are hungry!!
that's cfm not psi
- Location
- Trent, Dorset
Got confused -the compressor I liked the look of was with a suitable car was 15 bar so assumed was more commonplace. Seems not!
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
It is size of pipe you need for flow, not higher pressure ands the bigger the better. It not only gives far better flow rate it will also act as a reservoir.
Water pipe pipe rated at 12 bar is actually rated with a 24 bar burst pressure.
A 50mm pipe holds about 2 litres per metre
Water pipe pipe rated at 12 bar is actually rated with a 24 bar burst pressure.
A 50mm pipe holds about 2 litres per metre