Teflon tape works good for me. there 2 different though. One for water and one for gas/air.

You made a good choice in compressor style, the belt driven piston compressor runs at a much lower RPM and is much quieter than those cheap high RPM compressor. a couple of things I would suggest is drop down drain pipe and valve where you start going up to the highest point and when you take air off of the high pipe to drop down to your user station take it off of the top of the pipe and then down. Nice job.

the bottom line here is , if your not getting any condensation in the lines,its great, just drain it at the end of the work day and u should be just fine, i know theres a milllion opinions out there, but if u dont get any condensation or water in your tools etc... youve got it made sir. i had simlar set up a while back, i to did my self with some friends, i used some telflon etc... never had problems great video.

Your water separator will work better if you move it further from your compressor. The air holds moisture until it cools, so if you move the separator down the line, it will catch more water.

we use black pipe where I work for industrial machinery, but we "pickle" it first ( it's an acid dip) keeps the rust scale from building up inside.

Just A thought, If the quick connectors would point down there would be less stress on hose and quick connector ,and they may not start leaking as fast .

Nice video, you do some great work. One thought though... most often you want to slope your pipe runs going down hill *away* from the compressor, that way the condensed water isn't fighting the flow of the air as it flows to wards your drains.

I plan on expanding mine. I don't have anything even close to yours-that is great. Thanks for the tip on piping slightly upward the further out you go. Thanks as always.

we built a long sheetmetal tank , filled with a muratic acid/water solution.. The bundles of pipe are submerged in the tank from a few days to a week. It is used for several things from air to hydrolic fluid. I work at a company that designs and builds industrial machinery.

I did mine like that many Years ago . Great Video 👍🏻

Great video, you speak well and you don’t waste time with unneeded fluff. Your system looks great, efficient and usable, I hope I can do as well on mine!

You should think about getting a larger diameter flexible hose from the compressor into your piping. Your are constricting your flow out of the tank to the air line volume, then you are going back into 1/2". You can get 1/2 or 3/4 inch air hose pretty inexpensively.

Thanks Dony ... I am planning a set up for my garage and your video has given me some very useful pointers. Great presentation too. Best wishes from Tom

Whenever I ran threaded pipe for either water or gasses I always taped and doped the threads, excluding union OD threads. The inspectors liked it so I just got good wrapping some threads lol.

i put my air compressor on 24 " x 24 concrete block, rubber vibration pad and goodyear air reel today. waiting for air moisture filter & pressure regulator. your vid very helpful.

Ball valves are worth the cost s..as a blow out...I have a similar set up..in my garage...at home I have a mid 1990s inground lift ...I put a drop bye my air control for the lift..to keep water out..I used the same type of pipe black pipe.......pipe dope works the best..yellow gas line dope I used..I have a 4 bay garage at home..for my old cars..I also have a auto tank drain on my compressor..as well I live in fl. Vary hot weather here and a HVAC system in my garage..to stay cool...funny thing I have an 2008 Omega air compressor. Model # tk-5080v. 80 gal.2 stage unit..I got it from a car wash that closed down..5 yrs ago...works great. ..

Thank You. I like how you explain WHY you did certain things!

Depending on your shop purpose I would go with 3/4 piping. Air flow and pressure drops considerably over long runs and larger volume pipes reduce that. The setup I did ran over 100 feet with 5 work stations for up to 3/4 inch impact guns sandblasters, needle scalers and hotel air for trolley and locomotive tank static charging. The typical 3/8 rubber air hose is my biggest restriction if I use more than 100 feet of it.

i didn't go with an inline oiler because i use a blow gun a lot

I've been looking at lots of videos and yours is the first that was clear for me on the pipiing, thank you so much for making this, about to install my first compressor tomorrow!

nice setup.. compressors that big usually have feet you can lag bolt to the floor..good call running a flex line before the hard pipe.

Hey Dony, just a tip for others use universal couplers at least on the ends of the hose as we all know air tools do not always have the same plugs (the fitting you connect to the couplers) I only use universals it's just more convenient..

Donnie also on the bottom of your compressor there's a drain valueItell your listeners about to remove moisture and water

Donnie maybe a retired pipefitter plumber you did a nice job in your pipe

safety and convenience, i'll be posting a video in a few days

Hi Donny. I noticed you said about the slight incline on the horizontal run to drain the water back. In industrial applications (uk) when we take a branch or drop of in hard pipe like this the junction goes up first before coming down to stop water also, negates the need of a valve at the bottom to drain. Cheers

That is a well thought out shop air system you put together.

Thank you for all your videos. I am learning so much. and you save me so much money.

Thank you so much sir. I was pretty much in the dark piping in my 80 gallon ingersoll rand compressor. Your video was very helpful. Simple, clear and detailed. Be safe, Stay safe.

Great setup donyboy73. You did gave me a couple of good tips on how to rig my future project. Thank you for sharing, always a pleasure to watch your vid's!

Compression (ferrule), flare, and unions are the same deal. The metal to metal contact makes the seal. You can, however, use pipe dope or a few drops of oil (depending on the application) as a lube to allow the threads to tighten further than they would without. I just sealed a leaky union earlier today by putting some LA-CO Slic-Tite on the male union half. It worked great! Thank you for making me expand on my comment. Have a great day :D

nicely done with a clear explanation of your logic.Congratulations

Sorry, I just re-watched again and heard your comment about worried about breaks if you hit the pipe.

that compressor is a beast of a machine, very nice set up

That's really cool. Great job. Wish I had a system like that in my garage!

excellent work. i like all the thought you put into it regarding the reel, blow off locations and slope. i had never thought of using gas pipe which seems a less expensive alternative to copper.

Great video on air set up in a shop. Only suggestion I might make would be to punch an air fitting through the wall for when you are working outside so you do not have open the big door and drag a hose outside on a cold day. Just keep a short hose with fittings out by the tap. Tony Port Hadlock, WA Port Hadlock

Very clean piping run. Great video !!

yes because I mostly use to air blow stuff

what is the PSI rating of standard schedule 40 1/2" black iron pipe?

I would have installed one port for the larger 1/2 dia. Hose for larger air impacts. Using a smaller compressor I use both ports to plug in tools and bleed them together in a mixing valve and have the air flow for my larger air tools that need a larger flow.

Nice video. Thanks. I've heard that for runs over 75', one should use 3/4" pipe. Good to know you used pipe dope -- and not tape. Thanks again.

Very nice planning and execution. Thanks for documenting clearly and concisely!

Sir, i believe you are correct. Looking ay my comment; I did say "seal". I should have implied that it was a lubricant. In pipe threads, it is the slight taper that makes the seal and the "thread sealing compound" whether it be PTFE tape or dope is a lubricant. This is the same reason you put a drop of fresh oil on the o ring on your new oil filter before screwing it on.

Smart putting those cleanouts on the down pipes ! I'm surprised you did not do something like that where you tapped in for the hose real.

use a good fuel line like Tygon and make sure it goes in tight in the fuel tank holes and you won't have anymore leaks

yes i show it in a previous video, but thanks

To reduce compressor vibration, place hockey pucks under the feet of the compressor... It's amazing how quiet it is now.

This is exactly the information I needed and very clearly presented. Good Video!

Great idea having the bleed off valves underneath all your air stations. I've seen water ruin good air tools!

1:20 in ... Priceless

Nice little project and video. Will hopefully be doing a similar system in my mobile work shop but on a much smaller scale.

Thanks for the fast reply im doing the same to my air compressor today i was going to use copper but god is expensive and my concern is the rust inside the pipes if i use steel

Great Video. I'm planning a similar set-up and your video brought up things I hadn't thought of. Thank for posting

awesome! thats enough cfm to run yours and my shop!

Thanks for taking the time to share your information. Good video!

Out standing video donyboy keep them coming.

Belle ouvrage et bien organiser. Continue tes vidéos bien décris. Merci.

Looks like a good setup. It seems to me a bit unorthodox to use black iron pipe for shop air, but to each his own. I would always opt for copper pipe (i know it's expensive, but also easier to work with) with brazed joints. However, for your garage it's really up to you. For any commercial or medical gas lines: Must be copper tubing (Medical gas specific pipe for medical) with silver solder brazed joints. Of course brazing must be done with a nitrogen flow, too. Nice video

Just a thought here but you might want to move your water trap/filter further away from the compressor so it catches the maximum amount of water because it doesn't do you air tools any good with water in them.

Hey, just a quick question. I am trying to plan a set up for my garage. I noticed all of your main pipes are 1/2". What size are all your fittings for tools? Are those 1/2" as well or are they down sized to 3/8"?

Setting up a PVC air pipe in a machine shop, found lots of great ideas here, sub. thanks for the vid.

Thanks for posting this Dony. Just waiting for my new compressor to show up so I thought I'd do some hard plumbing for the main section. Cheers man!

Thanks Donyboy your videos are always straight to the point and demonstrate quality, it's apparent you take pride in the good quality of work you do. Can you put the 120 volt wire that is hanging off your air pipe in a external gang box. having a wire just hanging off the pipe would worry me if the small wire caps would happen to just fall off if the wire vibrates off of where you have it temporary hanging. I'm sorry I'm not trying to be a jerk I just do not want to read that you where electrocuted. Oh flex hope idea off the compressor is 100% in my book I will use this idea.

I've been hoping somebody would post this video. THANKS! I've been thinking about doing this, to allow me to mount the compressor in a different room to cut down on shop noise and to give me a little more room in the shop. Do they ever put a drier on the intake of the compressor, to try and cut down on water in the compressor reservoir? Don't you want the drier to be between the compressor and the reservoir tank?

Nice job buddy!! One suggestion, one place to get direct pressure so you don't have to crank up the regulator to get high air pressure. Some times you need it,to fill up air tanks etc. etc. BIKERB

thanks

thanks for watching!

Something else to add to each of the outlets would be a regulator to have a lower pressure for a different tool, rather than having all of the pipes at the same from the tank. Idk what kinds of pneumatic tools you have but the ones that I have range in pressure from 40 to 125 psi.

nice job, i guess that if i will be doing this i will use PPR tubing, easier and cheaper

Nice setup Donyboy. Your setup best fits mine. Thanks for sharing my friend.

Looks great!

Quality set up although I would slope the line down hill so the condensation flows to your drain valves.Keep up the great vids.

I'm suprised you couldn't get the PTFE tape to work. I like to use tape instead of dope in almost any threaded fitting. With crude threads like black iron and galvinized pipe; you need more wraps than you might think. Threaded PVC, copper, and brass can be sealed with three wraps. Anything else should get at least 5. But, it looks like you got it worked out. That Pro-Dope is the best stuff to use if you're going that route. The Rectorseal "5" soft-set dope is good stuff, too.

Don: Nice set-up. My only question is; was there a reason for metal piping over plastic? Seems to me plastic would be alot cheaper and easier to work with (cutting and later expansions) and would certainly handle the pressures of your compressor. Just wondering

interesting... The internal corrosion/rusting was my only reason for concern with using that material. I know it's used for natural gas but that's not what you were talking about I don't believe. What gas(es) are flowing thru "pickled" black iron at your place of business? Where do you work btw?

Do you ever get fittings there where they just keep screwing in with no resistance/taper?

ok thanks

i have an inline filter

i manually lubricate them

nice set-up

I see you have 1/2" reducing to 1/4" at your air couplers that would reduce the amount of air that can go through it,if your air demand is great I would say put 3/8" or 1/2" couplers on them

Very good pipe fitting work! You do some great work!....

Nice setup you have there DonyBoy!

Good work bro

don, thanks very much for the quick reply, i really appreciate it!

Love your hose reel! Great set-up!

good idea!

thank you

I want to hear more about those couplers. It can be a pain trying to connect pipes to fittings. What type of couplers are those? How do they help connect pipe to fittings better? Thanks

i thought about doing that

Great informative video and nice setup. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Dony. Very interesting and nice work!

nice set up

nice clean setup. a job well done

in barrie

Nice shop

Can u please set up a link for the bracket that holds the pipe to the wall , can find it anywhere I know you said Home Depot but can’t find that exact one

lol, i agree, my compressor says "canadian built" but the parts aren't from canada

great job!