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adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Hanging Compressor Project

I saw this pic in a magazine...



... and it got me thinking.

I wanted a dedicated place to finally put my compressor in the shop...
  • while allowing it to be removed quickly to use away from the shop
  • without taking up valuable floor space in my small shop
  • with an attached 5 gallon tank
  • with a connection to a retractable air hose reel
  • without screwing anything directly to the ceiling (to avoid puncturing the roof shingles, and inviting leaks)
  • and with a copper pipe manifold that has connections before and after an air filter


I ended up with all of these, and more.


Read part two here.



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Hanging Compressor Project, Part 2

In the first post on this project, I said...

I wanted a dedicated place to finally put my compressor in the shop...
  • while allowing it to be removed quickly to use away from the shop
  • without taking up valuable floor space in my small shop
  • with an attached 5 gallon tank
  • with a connection to a retractable air hose reel
  • without screwing anything directly to the ceiling (to avoid puncturing the roof shingles, and inviting leaks)
  • and with a copper pipe manifold that has connections before and after an air filter


Here's what I to put together...



Now I know it looks sort of busy, and part of that is due to my jam packed shop, but let me go through all the pieces that make up this total compressed air solution, that I am VERY happy with, and maybe when I'm done, it'll inspire you to do something similar.

Let's start with the compressor platform...





You can see the pivoting, 2" PVC coiled hose keeper that's mounted under the platform, the T-fitting I replaced the compressor's release valve with, and even the tilted arm the copper manifold is mounted to, but more on those later. The mirror mounted above the compressor allows me to see the gauges without having to climb up there.

Here's the platform before I hung it up, without anything on it...



I put cleats on three sides, and glued those small, angled cleats in place too.
The compressor's front foot rests in the half-circle drilled into the front cleat, and its back two feet rest in the half-circles drilled into those two angled back cleats.

The cleats serve to keep the compressor in place, during any vibration while it's running. But as it turns out, there's actually very little vibration, and I think it's because the platform is hanging from chains, and that might dampen most of the vibration, along with the compressor's rubber feet.

The platform is hanging from the angled ceiling joists of my workshop, so it's pretty clear the stainless steel chains had to be shorter in the back than in the front, so as to level the platform.


Part 3 in a few days...



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Small limbert inspired table

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Small limbert inspired tableI made one of these but sold it when moving to a new state and lifestyle. Decided to build another. This time experience helped a great deal.



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Rocking chair for balcony

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Rocking chair for balconyMy first effort at building in cedar. My own design with a nod to Limbert. Keyed-pin tenons for IKEA like assembly and disassembly.



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Another test ring.

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Another test ring.Not the best picture but here is another test I made practicing to make my best friends wedding ring. Ring is made from walnut, maple and bocote..This was the result of me attempting to make a bentwood ring, gluing my fingers together, having a horrible looking ring that I threw across the room (this was probably my 5th attempt) and said hell with this I'm doing something different tonight…haha



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