Tpt life Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 What’s with the drunk control joints? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 and the pallets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 Those pallets are sections of a basketball floor. Someone told me they had some maple scrap they wanted to drop off. I didn't realize it was going to be in a form that requires more work than it is worth to get to the maple ;-) I see a bonfire in my future. In other news the duct hanger factory is ramping up. I made a quicky jig. Mark the curve and cut close with the bandsaw. A trip to the router table and the DP. I should be able to crank out more than enough in short order. The blocks will be lag screwed into the trusses or drywall anchored with these where there is no solid wood above. Something like this: I have 1-1/2" x 28 ga steel strapping that will be fabricated to screw on like a horseshoe. The weight of a section of pipe and two of the heaviest fittings on even one of these anchors (in 1/2" drywall) is a tenth of the rating. With 3 or more of these hangers per section (6 or more anchors) things should be earthquake proof. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 I like the curved joints in the concrete, but like @Tpt life said, what's up with that? Is there some logic behind it that I've not heard of, or purely aesthetic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 4:32 PM, wtnhighlander said: I like the curved joints in the concrete, but like @Tpt life said, what's up with that? Is there some logic behind it that I've not heard of, or purely aesthetic? Mostly aesthetic. It does allow them the freedom to make them meet at the drain holes and specific locations at the edge without looking like a cubist painting. We did layouts with straight lines. With the lines parallel and perpendicular, things looked awkward as they did not line up. Angling the lines looked like the painting above. Curved lines seemed like the best answer. The conceptual drawing had longer curves but, I must say these have already grown on me. In a month or two I won't even pay attention anymore I cranked out about double the number of these things that the plan calls for. This will let me add one here or there if I see fit. Also, I will have some ready to go should I change or add a run. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 I wasn’t given the option on my last driveway pour but had I, yours looks cooler than mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 Views from the factory floor . . . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 Latest progress. We have lights! The cyclone is in the bump out. I have cleaned up some of the pipe in preparation for hanging. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 Enjoying the fruits of his labor! Nice progress! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 In the first two pictures it looks like you decided to add a break room. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 Looking great, Glenn! Seeing the cyclone brought a question to mind. One of the industrial dust collectors at work has just a small collection "sump" at the bottom, with an automatic gate that opens between machine cycles to empty into a mobile bin below. No need to disconnect a sealed barrel or have a flexible link between the chute and barrel. The bin is already on a cart, just roll it away to dump at will. Anyone ever seen a similar setup in a hobby shop DC system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 7:44 PM, wtnhighlander said: Looking great, Glenn! Seeing the cyclone brought a question to mind. One of the industrial dust collectors at work has just a small collection "sump" at the bottom, with an automatic gate that opens between machine cycles to empty into a mobile bin below. No need to disconnect a sealed barrel or have a flexible link between the chute and barrel. The bin is already on a cart, just roll it away to dump at will. Anyone ever seen a similar setup in a hobby shop DC system? No but that would be awesome!! The worst dust issue I have is jacking around getting the lid disconnected and taking the bag out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 I've discovered that 30 gallons of sawdust is more than I want to lift. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 May barrel uses pull catches. I stretch the hose a bit between cyclone and barrel. It retracts just enough to make sliding the barrel out from underneath not too painful. My son in law dropped by so we put on all the floor and door trim. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 That probably went pretty quick with two sets of hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Now that’s the kind of SIL I’d like to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 6:59 PM, Coop said: Now that’s the kind of SIL I’d like to have! The guy is a machine. He has helped out a lot with this project. I also took the older and discolored fittings I have had for years and gave them a squirt with the HVLP. Zinsser makes a PVC friendly waterborne product. I put an AP up in the planned location as well. I beat an older POE unit into submission for the task so I guess I have a spare duplex outlet in the ceiling no where near anything I might use one for After some clean up tomorrow I will start laying out pipe in the planned paths. I should have the parts I need and some to spare. When you lay things out is when you find that one odd item you overlooked 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 7:44 PM, wtnhighlander said: Looking great, Glenn! Seeing the cyclone brought a question to mind. One of the industrial dust collectors at work has just a small collection "sump" at the bottom, with an automatic gate that opens between machine cycles to empty into a mobile bin below. No need to disconnect a sealed barrel or have a flexible link between the chute and barrel. The bin is already on a cart, just roll it away to dump at will. Anyone ever seen a similar setup in a hobby shop DC system? On 8/14/2021 at 10:44 AM, pkinneb said: No but that would be awesome!! The worst dust issue I have is jacking around getting the lid disconnected and taking the bag out. Here ya go. https://www.oneida-air.com/10-1ph-direct-drive-rotary-air-lock-valve Now don't shoot the messenger, I didn't set the price . On 8/14/2021 at 10:05 PM, gee-dub said: The guy is a machine. He has helped out a lot with this project. I also took the older and discolored fittings I have had for years and gave them a squirt with the HVLP. Zinsser makes a PVC friendly waterborne product. Man this is awesome. Makes me want to tear my system apart to paint it. I hate the bright green sewer pipe look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/16/2021 at 10:06 AM, Chestnut said: Here ya go. https://www.oneida-air.com/10-1ph-direct-drive-rotary-air-lock-valve Now don't shoot the messenger, I didn't set the price Maybe I will order two. at that price it wouldn't hurt to have a spare. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Chestnut said: Here ya go. https://www.oneida-air.com/10-1ph-direct-drive-rotary-air-lock-valve Now don't shoot the messenger, I didn't set the price . That's not bad for a commercial unit. The one at work has a pneumatic cylinder, operating a sliding gate. Of course, the blower on that one is 150hp, and the baghouse is bigger than my shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Trim around the attic ladder. Lights in the attic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 1 hour ago, gee-dub said: Let's keep it clean Did you get any permitting grief about installing a sink in the shop? When I built my shop, the county declined my permit because they were concerned that we would turn the building into a living space for rent. I took the sink out of the plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Here's some shots of the duct work going up. The brackets worked well. We'll pick it up again tomorrow. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Are you using PVC cement or just a friction fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 One of the benefits of PVC is it being easy to change. Gluing it together would remove that advantage. I am using a vinyl tape made by 3M for irregular duct connections. It is very good at bridging the differences between the hub and pipe connection point diameters on this stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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