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Electrical! The power company came out and pulled the new lines in today! With the compressed air system close to being wrapped up, it's time to think about all of the different panels, conduit, and wires I'll be running soon. Conceptually, this is what I have going on: *The distances have...

Air! I did a test run of the compressor with an extension cord and it was 1000000% worth the hassle of putting it behind the shop in an enclosure. It's just a low hum while running - my heater completely masks the sound and it's also pretty quiet. Just need a whip hose so I can connect the...

Yep! That's the extension - I installed it prior to moving the compressor onto the pad.

Air! So the Rapid Air system is SWEET! It took 3 of us ~10 hours to pipe the shop. That's about 150'of pipe, total including the drops. One of the double outlet drops was missing an O-Ring, so that prevented us from calling it "finished", but that last piece will take about 3 minutes to put...

Got the machine and all of its ancillaries loaded today, and its headed to my local rigger's yard. It looks like rain might prevent a delivery this Friday, but Saturday might work out! I traveled down to get the small tooling packed up and loaded into my truck, so no progress on the shop build...

Air! Nothing fancy here, but I got a small pad of concrete in yesterday for the compressor. I made it large enough that I can enclose it with some sound damping. It ended up ~5" thick, and should be plenty for a compressor. The compressor and air filter/dryer arrived. The RapidAir piping is...

Concrete! Landing a large machine meant I should check into the concrete situation. When I drilled a pilot, I found 4", and that's just not going to do. So I wanted to chop out the area surrounding the future home of this machine, and replace it with something a little sturdier. Talking to...

I have looked at these, and they seem to be more affected by the cold than the compressor itself. I haven't pulled the trigger on one of those because of that feedback.

I read quite a bit about that before deciding to go for it, and it seems that most people never have a problem. I think with as little use as I expect for it, it won't gather much condensation. I drain my 29gallon tank about once a year and it only has a tiny bit of water in it.

Air! I think this comes down to 2 main components - the compressor, and the distribution system. I'm not planning on running any air tools outside of the CNC. That requires ~6cfm @ 90psi, and only in short bursts for tool change. I do want a couple points in the shop where I can hook up air...

Yeah, really the garage/shop space was the #1 requirement, and we got a pretty sweet house that came with it. I am planning on putting the compressor behind the shop in a sort of closet. That's to help with both space and noise. More on the air system in my next big post.

Electrical! For electrical, I wanted all I could get. Some calls to the power company and a site visit later, they told me the max I could easily get was 200A dedicated service. That should be enough for what I'm doing, so let's make it happen. There's a distribution pedestal ~40' behind the...

So we bought this house in 2018, and it had a 30x36 detached garage. It was just bare studs and rafters, with about 3 light bulbs. This post will get you up to speed with everything done up to winter 2024, then the rest of the thread will be about the projects I have going now. We...