Stand-alone regulator/water trap setup
Here’s what I need: leave the compressor downstairs and/or outside, run a hose inside and upstairs, connect to a stand-alone regulator and water-trap, and then connect another hose and my gun. The reason of course is that I need ~85 lbs. for shear nails and 110 lbs. or more for spikes.
I assume Grainger or someplace else has something like this. So much the better if there are two regulators and two outlets, so that I can run two guns at once at two different pressures.
Worked with a guy a long time ago who had something like this….
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I've just been looking at regulators, to replace a broken one on a compressor I just bought used. You can get regulators just about anywhere online- amazon, northern tool, ebay, grainger I would assume. Lots of them have 1/4" npt inlets and outlets, which is the most useful size for a small compressor. You can make a small manifold with a 1/4" pipe T, inlet on one side (put a male air quick connect on), regulator with gauge on the other to sides, and female quick connects after them.
zak
The parts I can find... the item I'm looking for is a metal stand that holds the works. Not much, really, just a sheet metal base and some tubing, but it's set up to hold both a regulator and water trap. Sorry if I wasn't clear in my post. I might just knock something together out of plywood.
I would use Unistrut¯
Then again I build everything out of strut.
Big boys erector set, & it is designed to be used with clamps that will hold your nipples that go into your reg & trap.Do you look to the government for an entitlement, or to GOD for empowerment. BDW
Oh, a stand or something. I don't know, I would just make one out of steel or maybe a box out of 1/2" baltic birch. I didn't notice any manifolds-in-a-box or on a mountable plate when I was looking around. Too bad, I kind of like how those new Ridgid and Dewalt and Makita compressors have the whole works mounted in a flush plate nowadays.
zak
Decided to make my own...
Neighbor made the stand out of steel, it's nice and hefty. Used it today and it was a great convenience. I can see the argument for three outlets, or more.