Another project I just finished. The problem, as shown below, is that the single air outlet of my compressor is in the lower back of the workbench. This makes changing air tools inconvenient, and I'd like more than one outlet so I don't have to swap all the time.
My solution involves the following collection of parts. The black piece is two parts of 1/2" plywood glued together and cut on the bandsaw. The large belt sander makes quick work of smoothing the curves. Note the purchased barrel nuts. I was going to make them, but when I went to the big box store, the steel was $6, and they had barrel nuts for less than a buck a piece. Had the hose, and the 3-way manifold was on clearance at HF. I made the small clamp, and the stainless bar was in the scrap bin at work, which was the genesis of the whole idea.
And here it is, assembled and mounted. No leaks! The reason for more than one air outlet will be made apparent in a future post.
I actually had to spend a significant amount of time to clean up the bench, as it is normally covered in swarf. I blame Ed for this, as it is his influence that keeps me from posting pictures of a filthy shop. I need to figure out a way to keep the chips contained more, because it is a real pain to have to vacuum up behind the lathe and mill. And that is the reason I made the thing point down at such an odd angle. The idea is that it helps keep chips out of the connectors, thereby avoiding jams and possible leaks.
Had I thought about it more, I probably would have bought one of those airline kits they have to put multiple air connections all over the shop. I may still do that in the future, but this will do for now.
My solution involves the following collection of parts. The black piece is two parts of 1/2" plywood glued together and cut on the bandsaw. The large belt sander makes quick work of smoothing the curves. Note the purchased barrel nuts. I was going to make them, but when I went to the big box store, the steel was $6, and they had barrel nuts for less than a buck a piece. Had the hose, and the 3-way manifold was on clearance at HF. I made the small clamp, and the stainless bar was in the scrap bin at work, which was the genesis of the whole idea.
And here it is, assembled and mounted. No leaks! The reason for more than one air outlet will be made apparent in a future post.
I actually had to spend a significant amount of time to clean up the bench, as it is normally covered in swarf. I blame Ed for this, as it is his influence that keeps me from posting pictures of a filthy shop. I need to figure out a way to keep the chips contained more, because it is a real pain to have to vacuum up behind the lathe and mill. And that is the reason I made the thing point down at such an odd angle. The idea is that it helps keep chips out of the connectors, thereby avoiding jams and possible leaks.
Had I thought about it more, I probably would have bought one of those airline kits they have to put multiple air connections all over the shop. I may still do that in the future, but this will do for now.
Full of ideas, but slow to produce parts