On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:02:04 -0500, "Myxylplyk"
wrote:

Unless this place was by a nicely moving creek and had either a waterwheel
or a pack of apprentices taking turns on the bicycle powering the
compressor, you wern't in an Amish shop.


Not necessarily true. It depends upon where they are and what their
bishop will allow. I've seen articles where they use engines to power
milkers saying that's OK as long as the engine is not making a vehicle
move. I've also seen an 80's vintage White tractor for sale on the Old
Tractors web page indicating it came from an Amish farm. It had steel
wheels -- apparently rubber was the forbidden item -- I guess insulation
for the cables and wires was OK.


:P

"BT98" wrote in message
roups.com...
I was into a Amish window factory the other day and their air lines
caught my eye. They used 3" PVC pipe for all their air lines
suspended from the ceiling with supports and T's with snap couplers at
all the work stations. They used brass gas line couplers for shut
offs for the various branches. A 8" pressure gauge noted 145# PSI at
the end of the line. What are the Plusses for this type of system
other than the line acting as a storage media? I didn't see any water
separators and was wondering if they were using a engine driven
compressor in the cold and drawing cold air into the compressor and
bringing it in a warm shop what effect this type of line would have?




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