Don Abele
04-13-2004, 8:36 PM
Well, last week I got my new Ingersoll Rand compressor delivered and this week I finally got around to unpacking and setting it up. Delivery was interesting as the trucking company showed up with a 53' truck, no ramps, no liftgate. Luckily I was home for lunch when he showed up and the driver, me, a neighbor, and some guy driving down the street (he stopped when he saw us starting to unload it) unloaded the 300 pound thing from the back of the truck. :eek:
I left it bolted to the skid it came on as it will make moving it, when my next transfer rolls around in a year, all that much easier. I installed a 160 psi rated regulator (from Northern) with an in-line moisture separator. It also came with a oiler, but I wouldn't use it, so didn't install it. It took many tries to get all the connections leak free, especially those where it connects into the regulator body.
The whole thing connects to a 35 foot hose which runs from the back of the gar...shop...to the front where it connects to a spring reel with 35 feet of hose on it. I also have a 25 foot polyurethane coiled hose. With these I can get all the way to end of the driveway. I use the 35 foot hose, rather than hard piping, to make it easier when it comes time to move.
To test it, I fired up the sandblaster and went to town on a motorcycle frame for a friend at work. Completly emptied all 100 pounds of sand without a single drop in pressure :D My old CH couldn't go for more than a couple of mins. Compared to that oil-less beast, this thing is also about 50% quieter.
One thing I did note though was vibration in the motor. I took the belt guard off and inspected everything and all seemed ok. Since it was off and I had some extra twist belts left over, I installed one. After I retensioned it and tightened everything back down, the vibration was gone. She just purrs along now :p
I left it bolted to the skid it came on as it will make moving it, when my next transfer rolls around in a year, all that much easier. I installed a 160 psi rated regulator (from Northern) with an in-line moisture separator. It also came with a oiler, but I wouldn't use it, so didn't install it. It took many tries to get all the connections leak free, especially those where it connects into the regulator body.
The whole thing connects to a 35 foot hose which runs from the back of the gar...shop...to the front where it connects to a spring reel with 35 feet of hose on it. I also have a 25 foot polyurethane coiled hose. With these I can get all the way to end of the driveway. I use the 35 foot hose, rather than hard piping, to make it easier when it comes time to move.
To test it, I fired up the sandblaster and went to town on a motorcycle frame for a friend at work. Completly emptied all 100 pounds of sand without a single drop in pressure :D My old CH couldn't go for more than a couple of mins. Compared to that oil-less beast, this thing is also about 50% quieter.
One thing I did note though was vibration in the motor. I took the belt guard off and inspected everything and all seemed ok. Since it was off and I had some extra twist belts left over, I installed one. After I retensioned it and tightened everything back down, the vibration was gone. She just purrs along now :p