Plumbing for shop air?

[arse_sidewards]

Point the intake away from the shop wall so it acts like less of a ghetto-ass speaker.

 

[Gumbybronco]

Db is lograthmic, so a 5db decrease is pretty good. I didn't measure the sound levels, but it's a dramatic difference in my application.

Did you think the same for yours?

I definitely noticed the difference. It’s even better inside the shop and it’s a metal building with thin insulation.

 

[subybaja]

PVC spontaneously explodes on camera at 26:00:

 

[YJBrian]

PVC spontaneously explodes on camera at 26:00:

That's unpossible, it doesn't happen. My uncle's brother's friend worked in a shop that had PVC air lines installed in 1922 that are still fine today

 

[AKnate]

I'm the asshole that puts tools away while your trying to use them

I'm the one that leaves tools out for 4 months cause "I'm working on it still!"

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

I'm the one that leaves tools out for 4 months cause "I'm working on it still!"

tools stay out till the job is done
that way you are not looking for the same tool over and over

 

[subybaja]

I'm the one that leaves tools out for 4 months cause "I'm working on it still!"

My FIL would hop up from the table as soon as he finished eating, and start trying to round up everyone's plates for washing- even if we were still eating.

 

[Gumbybronco]

I decided to give the McMaster-Carr silencer a try. Thanks GLTHFJ60
It arrived quick.
I’m in the process of building an enclosure for my compressor and want to quiet it a bit for me and my neighbors. It’s under the stairs to the upper part of the shop. I’ll enclose the portion shown and add waffle foam and baffled vents when done. I wasn't sure how to seal a roof around the posts and decided to use a rubber rv roof coating.

I’m using a db app on my phone:

ambient 39db

before 76db

sound mat on tank 75db

silencer 70db (60db inside)

enclosure TBD

I added a section of 1” suction hose and mounted the silencer and filter to a post

It now reads 69-70db bouncing back and forth. Maybe a 1/2db difference?

 

[rockota]

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

www.mcmaster.com

Expensive, but worth every penny for quieting down the intake on my big compressor.

would a $20 TSC tractor muffler do the same? Just curious...

 

[CarterKraft]

would a $20 TSC tractor muffler do the same? Just curious...

It makes yah wonder.
Just a cross flow muffler of sorts might do it?

 

[CarterKraft]

might be the right size

CSSNA Community

 

[GLTHFJ60]

would a $20 TSC tractor muffler do the same? Just curious...

Try it out and let us know. I've got the fancy one, not gonna take it off to see if the cheap version works half as good

 

[rockota]

Try it out and let us know. I've got the fancy one, not gonna take it off to see if the cheap version works half as good

Do it for science!
Dang TSC tractor mufflers have gone up in price... $60-80 now.

 

[TTMotorsports]

Everything has gone up in price a lot.

 

[Tech Tim]

Just build one on the cheap: