Sunday, December 30, 2007

Christmas :-)
After the system was re-pressurized( 175 psi !), the brad nailer worked AWESOME! :) :)
Before this I found some leaks (big surprise, the Harbor Freight stuff ). When I emptied the tank the first time I let the air a little too quick, it became an ice making machine :)The HF auto drain tee nut cracked?, and the regulator gauge leaked no matter how tight I cranked it. I eventually fixed all but one by using pipe dope instead of Teflon tapeFifty something joints sweated at this point ....Play-it-Again Sports had hockey pucks for $1.19 each. They make nice isolators to quite the compressor. AND BOY DOES IT NEED IT :(Centered to within 5 thousands (just for the hell of it :)Plumbed and wired...Auto drain feed "spliced" into the "receiver unloader line", which is just the pressure feedback loop to the regulator which cycles the compressor.(I think)The auto drain has a diaphragm that opens and closes each time the compressor cycles. It is controlled by the same pressure line that controls the tank pressure.
completeOriginal manual drainAdding an auto drain to the compressor. This way I don't need to lay on the floor and manually drain the tank every time I use it .I had to actually remove the compressor to get it under the garage door.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

It filled up quick, but there is actually more room than I thought there would be :-)




The End.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The tractor really is going on the inside :-) ... and I'm not sure how well the pine doors, and trim, are going to hold up, but unless we see a 50 degree day, there is not much I can do. I could have painted the doors first, but I wanted to get them on before this last "storm".



The ramp was basically a slip-n-slide once it snowed, so I ripped some "treads" for the ramp.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A month of weekends later...





The ramp is finished too, but the doors need to be hung. THEN I can fill it.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mmmmmmm... plastic. Soon the mower will be INSIDE the shed.





Well, it seemed like overkill, but everything I read said that vinyl siding does not stop water, so I added some housewrap to the list.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Tomorrow.... PLASTIC