Pneumatic Tools?

Die grinder, small dremel type

die grinder capable of taking large wire wheels for cleaning billets and rusty steel
4" grinder
detail spray gun or airbrush
 
Impact wrench, paint gun, drill, oh, you meant while knifemaking?:D

Air blower for cleaning hard to reach spots in equipment (careful with dust!)
Cutoff wheel
Sand/bead blaster
Die grinder
 
Most tools require adequate CFMs - so make sure you get honest ~15 CFM.
Depending on what you do, tank size will also matter. Eye protection a must
when operating most air tools. Especially when trying to dislodge stuff with
blasts of compressed air :)
 
and dont shoot air at you skin, while it is rare and unlikely even lower pressure air (120 psi) can cut into you skin and either lead to a lot of damage or aneurism). not a big worry with the stuff you will be doing but just be careful air pressure is not some thing to taunt... now that i have said that i will also say my dream house has 4500-5000 psi lines running all over the house so i can operate any thing i want and work on paintball markers all over the place not to mention air out the house :p

no im not crazy
-matt
 
SR_matt said:
but just be careful air pressure is not some thing to taunt...
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You can say that again!


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Mike, check out the company I DO work for(my new job, hence the lack of continuous posting of forged blaes lately), though don't get any pay for advertising:

www.fastenal.com
 
At the moment a hell dog and a yo-yo.....Thats a 50 lb rivet buster and a 30 lb impact gun that snaps 7/8" bolts like they were nothing :jerkit: sorry my arms hurt :p

An air file looks cool along with the other tools mentioned.Go as big as you can with the compressor,you dont want that thing running all day,plus it helps for high volume tools,even a air operated vacuum pump might come in handy.
 
thanks guys this all helps out a lot. well i got the blast cabinet now i need to get some media.... might just stop in to the local fastenal Sam

damnit matt did you have to post that? that movie was getting sooo good... really built up. then it sucked and ended. :grumpy:
 
funny I just bought myself a new compressor ingersol rand 60 gallon 10.2 cfm at 125 psi

Although i did just find a 100 gallon one used for less that i paid which probley does way more air buit whatever I already have one compressor to add to the chain

and i got this one for 300 bucks off and its sitting in my garage right now lol

plus used compressors arent always a good idea its fairly hard to check the bottom for rust and a hand grenade taller then me might do some damage

My plan is to run a 50 lb airhammer and probley planishing hammer and all the usual goodies like a scale needler and so on
 
I run double compressors both 60 gallon capacity and link them together . I only run one of them and use the other as extra air storage so my compressor doesn't run nearly as often. Plus it helps keep moisture out of my airlines. The second compressor is on standby in case my primary compressor breaks ,all I have to do is flip one breaker on and the other off and keep going. This buys me time to buy the parts to rebuild the broken one. This works well for me and makes more sense than buying a single large capacity compressor and not having a backup.
 
Irregardless of what tools you buy, spend the money on a good regulator w/water trap. Also put at least one drop line before the regulator and it doesn't hurt to put one or more after. Depends on how far you are going with hard lines. On top of that, using 3'-4' "whips" with a disposable water filter really helps keep water outta the line and tools and off your work.
Another suggestion is to pipe your intakes outside and have the filters out there. Sure quiets things down.
 
damn that sounds good... any more info and pics or resources on what type of filters... what size pipe etc? I love the idea of piping everything and making it all very efficient and clean. i don't want a ton of hoses running all around the shop. and i sure don't want this thing to get beat up. i wanna take care of it

can you explain the drop line.... just a spot with a tee run the regulator off the top side and a valve on the bottom to release moisture right?
thanks again guys!
 
Michael J. Spangler said:
damn that sounds good... any more info and pics or resources on what type of filters... what size pipe etc? I love the idea of piping everything and making it all very efficient and clean. i don't want a ton of hoses running all around the shop. and i sure don't want this thing to get beat up. i wanna take care of it

can you explain the drop line.... just a spot with a tee run the regulator off the top side and a valve on the bottom to release moisture right?
thanks again guys!
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for piping, find out what the flow rate for air is for the line and base it on what you need. personally if i was setting up a shop i would want 1.5-2 times what i really need. i would also use piping that has a higher rated WP than what you intend on using incase you want to increase what you use, if the reg fails, or if there are any other issues.

-matt
 
When you run a line across the wall, put a T in somewhere with a foot or 2 drop line and just cap it off. There is a formula I've seen for how many drops per so many feet of rigid line. Couldn't tell you wher etho. Might try your local DeVilbis, Sharpe or Binks dealer and see what they suggest.
 
you guys rock.... i need to get a real set up soon... pipe it all in and do it right. you can run so damn many tools i might as well do it right huh? thanks guys
 
birdog4 said:
When you run a line across the wall, put a T in somewhere with a foot or 2 drop line and just cap it off. There is a formula I've seen for how many drops per so many feet of rigid line. Couldn't tell you wher etho. Might try your local DeVilbis, Sharpe or Binks dealer and see what they suggest.
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personally id throw a ball valve on the end so i could drain it out every once in a while
-matt
 
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