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01-14-20, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dedhed

While I haven't personally used it, something like rapidair for the compressor piping is what is being used today. Our shop at work is plumbed with it.

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https://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...egory_rapidair

Exactly what I'm looking at. My motorcycle mechanic went to that system when he moved his shop to its current location (two miles from my house), and I'm copying a lot of what he did. Yeah, it'll probably be overkill for the work I do, but when you've got a chance to build the 'perfect shop' from scratch, you don't skimp. Right now, he's letting me use his sandblasting cabinet to clean up and refurbish some of my stuff while I'm waiting for the garage to be finished and I install my own cabinet. Today's project is saving the shop vise (it's older than I am and huge).

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