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I understand the moral of your experience and you make a wise and good point. To be clear though, I am pointing it out for those planning to do concrete in their future projects. Using compacted base rock, tied rebar and welded wire mesh all suspended off the base rock with dado's is the...

Don't want to rain on your parade, but this may help others down the road. I too noticed the lack of rebar, support blocks to keep the steel off the ground (to prevent rusting) and inside the pour, and the lack of compacted base rock as a base. Was this job done by a concrete contractor? I...

Air gets hot when it is compressed and picks up moisture in the form of vapor. When it cools, the moisture it's carrying drops out of the vapor state and condenses on anything cooler than it is. Consequently, there is no point in having a dedicated water trap anywhere near the outlet of the...

I just exchanged mine yesterday. Absent an earthquake, who places their jackstands in a position where they would shift the load once placed? I'm not sure I've ever had that happen in 4 decades. I always give my cars & trucks a good nudge before getting under it just to be sure, and most times...

Using a non-detergent 30w or 10w-30 oil should be fine, as that's what it calls for. Do not use synthetic until the compressor is broken in. I cycled my new compressor 2 times, then changed the oil w non-synthetic compressor oil, and will now run it for a dozen full cycles. After that, I will...

Air is heated when it is compressed, and that hot/warm air carries moisture from the atmosphere. If the water trap is not far enough away from the compressor for the air to cool off prior to reaching it, much of the moisture will pass right past the water trap. I found a good article about this...

Graco is a good brand. I rented one for the weekend a few days ago to spray 8 gallons on the inside of my place. It took longer to mask everything off and prep a few spots. You can buy a good masking tool from 3M to make masking easier. Don't buy cheap tape, and use the blue tape. It can be...

My old Campbell Hausfeld unit finally threw a rod. I went to Harbor Freight before the tariffs kicked in and got a 2 stage 220v unit. I changed the oil in it after the first air pressure cutoff, and will change it again after the next few dozen air pressure builds. After that, it will get Amsoil...

I did some research on the web some years ago and found a simple way to remove so much water from the air lines that I've never even gotten one drop of moisture in my water trap. As wisely mentioned above, run the beginning and end of your air line vertically with a ball valve near the bottom...

You can always take the small parts to a local jewelry repair shop. The silver solder they sell at Home Depot, Lowes and OSH is junk. I had to get the real stuff at a welders supply shop and was not cheap. I use Map gas in my butane torches for the silver solder work.

I made my own out of ABS plastic. You can relocate the actual air filter as far away as you like using plastic piping. I screwed the pipe into the ABS fittings that flare up to larger diameters and put some foam in the end covered with a woman's nylon stocking as a pre-filter. Try and limit the...

I have a similar issue with parking and shop access. Curious if you ran rebar down through the posts, and if so, what did the multiple pieces look like wired together? I see the concrete mixer in the picture. What type of mixture did you use for this structural column work? Where you able to...

That's probably fine. My pipe may even be 3/4".

I looped it from mid wall and back with 3 turns all the way up to the ceiling and then dropped down with a drain seen in the pic by the door.

I think it's 50 feet long or very close to it. It's been a long time now.

Here you go. You can also see that I swapped in a longer copper coil to connect the output of the pump to the tank of the compressor. I stapled a section of foam to the wall to help dampen the sound. The galvanized pipe cools the hot air, which allows the water vapor trapped in it to condense...

Great score. Now spend some money on a short-flexible line, some galvanized pipe and fittings. I have 50 feet of galvanized 1" pipe running from a flexible connection from the compressor to the wall-mounted pipe which zig-zags slowly upwards to the ceiling 25 feet away It then has a section of...

I don't like the light the corn cob multi-led bulbs put out. It makes it harder for me to see detail than a very bright single LED bulb, especially for reading. I think it's the "shadowing" the various angles of light output each bulb adds to the mix. The best modern, solid light source I've...

Grab a 6-pack of 100 watt replacement LED bulbs at Lowes for less than $10, and screw one into your traditional drop light. You can drop them and they keep on ticking. Also, they run cool, are super bright and last for years.

The trick is to run your air from the compressor through 50' of galvanized pipe that zigzags up the wall to the ceiling and then drops straight down to a ball valve. Midway on that final drop of pipe, add a pipe that goes up about a foot to feed your water trap and subsequent dry air supply...