The area you live in can certainly dictate how much drying equipment is needed… when you say 2 bulb is that a bead cell?
Had a similar setup to start with myself.
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welcome to the forum @MikeN.
sometimes old school works great…no doubt about it…
KISS…Keep It Stupid Simple…or Keep It Simple Stupid…
but I could not bother filling and empting pails…also the floor space for me is a premium…not to mention…the winter is another matter…
nice to hear there are some old school car guys still around…
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Welcome to the forum Mike @MikeN
I only drained my compressor tank frequently, no dryer, no desiccant, no cooling coils and for a few cuts, never had any water issues…I assumed. But, I never got dross free cuts ever. I also did lots of wood cabinets and used my air compressor with acceptable results. I just don’t cut much nor for very long.
I always say, if you are concerned about the quality of your cuts, don’t come here and complain about the cut unless you are willing to clean up the air situation. If you are happy with your cuts then who am I to say “They could be better.”
I have all sorts of water traps and they never have a drop of water in them. And just recently, after 6 months decided to check my desiccant beads (probably could have gone another 4 months) and decided it was time to replace/recharge. I still think the draining of the tank is sufficient for most of my needs but I do have pristine cuts now.
If you are used to grinding and polishing metal like an body shop does, what’s a little dross. Plus, he probably welds a lot better than me: Not a stretch of anyone’s imagination.
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WHAT?..hahahahaha…we do not ever give our opinion on moisture problems…NOPE…we let people figure them out for themselves!!!..
Mmmmwwhahahaahahahah…(evil laugh)…
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While I have your attention, in reference to your comment:
I finally got a secret camera into your garage and it revealed the other side:
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I worked for about 15 years in body shops and had many friends in the field. Most of the shops I know of did not have a great set up for removing moisture.
I think you will find automotive painting is somewhat more forgiving compared to Plasma.
Most guys have a small inline filter on the gun but I don’t think that amounts to much when it comes to moisture.
Plus do you really know how well his set up works on the plasma side? Unless you know how often he is changing consumables and seen his cuts.
True never needed a plasma table when I did bodywork due to nothing being flat. Even manual plasma cutting is not very popular in bodywork due to heat and sparks. Doesn’t take much to cut body panels. Most popular in my opinion would be an air shear.
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more like this…damn these are still fun…
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