Compressed Air Line Piping

sgds · 18-03-2014 8:30pm #1

Hi, looking to put a few airline points around my home garage from a 50L compressor.
I have normally seen this done with gun barrell piping and "T" fittings with quick release points.
Does anyone know if this has to be done with gun barrell or is there any other type of piping and fittings that can be fitted easily without the need to get a plumber in?

gutteruu · 18-03-2014 10:19pm

Use 10mm pneumatic tube and use pushfit connectors to tee it around the garage. Cheap and easy to chop, change, bend, move etc. Gunbarrel is overkill. You will just need to fix down the quick release points.

sgds · 18-03-2014 10:52pm

Thanks for info, where would you normally get that tubing, would a car parts shop have it.

jimf · 19-03-2014 12:15am

if using flexi tubing make sure its well supported as any loops can be potential water traps

dathi · 19-03-2014 5:18pm

you could do it in 1/2" copper pipe with compression fittings ether more expensive than tubing but better job

Lex Luthor · 19-03-2014 7:25pm

How much do you need? Roughly?

Lex Luthor · 21-03-2014 12:40pm

Just to let you know I can get my hands on 1/4" polypropelene tubing, our projects dept has an excess of 500ft (5x 100ft rolls).

Outer Diameter is 1/4" and Inner Diameter is 3/16"

Just get yourself whatever tee and elbow fittings (1/4") you need for what you want to do. SMC Pneumatics in Citywest is a place to start but not sure they sell in small quantities to the public, but RS would be able to sort you.

Let me know as soon as you can as they are going to throw it out soon and you can have this free of charge if you can collect.

vinnie13 · 23-03-2014 10:47pm

in used copper pipe and a couple of hose clips for mine 200lt gets a fair bit of use

Lex Luthor · 24-03-2014 11:53am

OP, I need to know by end of today if you want this tubing otherwise I need to let them know to skip it

PC1971 · 02-10-2016 12:32pm

Hi, I want to run metal piping around my garage to operate a tyre changer and some air tools from my compressor, can someone recommend the best steel piping , I'm thinking 0.5 inch and what are the T joints and angle joints called also where can I get pipe threader, thanks for any help.
Paul.

gctest50 · 02-10-2016 12:54pm

You could use plastic air pipe, better since you won't have little bits of rust getting blown into your tyre-changer and blocking valves

stoneill · 04-10-2016 8:52pm

Don't forget a water trap at the lowest point of your system.

Ericdravancrow · 04-10-2016 8:57pm

Remember air vessels corrode from the inside, what Bar are you using?

Compressed Air Line Piping

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