On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:15:43 GMT, (Barry Jarrett) wrote:
i need to rig some sort of air cooler/dryer for my compressor w/o
spending a lot of money or taking a lot of space. i've seen some
drawings of nice setups using iron pipe to cool the air and provide a
drain for water. any reason i can't use hard wall copper pipe
instead? max pressure is 150psi, which is about what the copper
tubing in an espresso machine deals with. copper, for me, is much
easier to work with, and means i can build something nifty, like a
water-cooled condenser to pull the moisture out of the air system.

I use copper in my shop and we use copper at work. There's only
one caveat, use a piece of flex between the compressor and the
lines. Copper can work harden from the compressor's vibration
and fracture.

Gary