Valve and a long hose, yep.
I'm moving in a couple years so my upright 60 gal still sits on it's
delivery pallet (shhh, dont't tell). Hasn't moved a bit in 150 cycles or
so. I replumbed the bottom drain with the following: stub - right angle -
hose barb - 6 feet braided poly hose - hose barb - bushing - ball
valve. Nifty thing is I can see the water build up in the hose and I just
crack the garage door a foot or so and take aim at the driveway.... :-)
And I added an oil drain extension tube _before_ I filled the crankcase the
first time (4" piece o' brass, a cap, a couple little dabs of teflon paste
and 30 seconds with the vise-grips). And I hung a ball valve right off the
tank (bushings required for both the tank and quick connect). Each tool
has a whip hose with an in-line oiler on the non-tool end (ball-swivel at
the tool end) and a hanger for the tool at the oiler end. Made these
myself out of a simpson strong-tie (like the ones in eastwood's catalog but
the strong ties are 59 cents and they make 2 per piece) and some of the
pile of old keychain loop thingies (drill a hold to fit over the quick
connect threads - 17/32s, cut to shape with tin snips and deburr with a
file. 10 minutes & $2.40 for 8 of them. eastwood is something like $10
for 3). The rear-exhaust tools have a piece of innertube screw-clamped
onto the body of the tool and are about as long as the whip hose. Amazing
how quiet the grinders are now. Even the IR 2131 (which was quiet compared
to most) is virtually silent now. The ball-swivel instead of a
quick-connect at the tool end is great for getting into smaller
spaces. And since my regulator/filter took a dump (any donors out there?
:-), which means I'm running straight off the tank now, I could add a
filter to the end of the whip hose and hot have 10 inches of stuff hanging
off the tool...
Coming later: radiator for cooling the air post-compressor/pre-tank. And a
muffler to stick on the air intake... :-)
At 21:06 02/26/2002, ken.landaiche@nokia.com was inspired to say:
>It looks like the HF auto-drain isn't a very good idea.
>
> From what I have read here, there are two alternatives to draining water
> onto the floor :); either an auto drain or just a valve and long hose. Is
> that right?
Cheers!
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