Air Compressor aftercooler Info thread

I don’t know about nitrous, but one could put a VFD and larger motor and overclock it. Compressor may not hold together long…

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I have been thinking about a turbo between the compressor and tank… wonder if that would keep the pressure in the head down so I can add a after cooler.:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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If you add a turbo you should really think about adding an intercooler… but after the tank… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::joy:

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Or add a very large pulley to the motor and or a very smaller pulley on the air pump. That will get those rpms up.

:rofl: :rofl:

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Procharger? :thinking:

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Would this be too much?

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Come one you can do a little better or bigger right.:grin:

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I think this size is just about right so @toolboy could still mount on the wall of his garage.
ToolBoy

See: He has lots more room!

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We don’t want to run out of air mid cut. Table may throw a error code.

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Lol, no kill like overkill!

Although having a compressor like that, youd need to run it for 3 or 4 seconds once a week to satisfy your needs. :laughing:

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I think that is the machine @Bigdaddy2166 is running.

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This is my badboy… Had it for many years.
Almost 30000 hrs on it. I bought it at an auction for $1500.

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Had one of those on our batch plant. Nothing but problems with the latest versions. The older models were great.

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Thanks for the picture Jim…heheheh…
here is a video of the whole system…

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This is my desiccant traps after half an hour of combined pneumatic angle grinder (2hp motor), die grinder (1 hp) and chipping gun use.

I think it’s working

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We used Hose Power (BF Goodrich company). We got 1/2 NPT braided/teflon hoses rated to 500 degrees. Not that expensive.

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Can you confirm which 1/2 ones you used. All the research I’ve done you can use them. I’m trying to get mine up and running. Did you ever post the pictures?

@Sticks
Is there a write up of what you are using?

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@jtcweb if you type the @ sysmbol you can direct the comment directly to whom you are looking for information from. They will also get a notification.

This is a 2 year old dead thread.

What specifically are you referring to?

My desiccant traps are NOT recommended***. They are whole house filters in series with a piece of PVC pipe running to the bottom as the inlet to force the air to travel through the desiccant.

*** Safety issue. not designed for compressed air, although rated for 120psi, that is water pressure, not air pressure and a failure of the container could cause serious injury or DEATH!!!

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