On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:32:45 -0500, Ignoramus17081
wrote:

On 2011-10-15, Mike Spencer wrote:


Ignoramus21718 writes:


My horizontal compressor stands on carpet on 2x4s and it works great.

My Atlas Copco 3-stage V compressor sits on 2x4s and they sit on 4
casters. Connection to the tank is hydraulic hose. It's a heavy cast
iron thing back in a corner. The casters not only eliminate vibration
to the shop, they also make it possible to wheel the thing out into
the shop to change belts or whatever, rather than standing on my head
back in a corner with a drop light.


This is clever.

Great idea. I wonder how long the hyd hose lasts with that hot air
going through it.


I hope that it does not dance around when in operation.

Why would it? Most of the motion is rotary (heavy, well-balanced
flywheel), and the movement of the 2 pistons in the V somewhat cancel
each other out. But there's more than enough mass there to sink any
imbalance before it turned into dance material, da?


Sounds like you would appreciate a 10,000 square foot building and a
big crane on wheels.

Who here would NOT?

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