Ideas for Compressor Fill Station Setup?

[Jerkeejoe]

So, I got my compressor and filter set up today. It will have a permanent home in a more convenient place later, but here’s what I came up with. Compressor to Brancato filter to bleed valve to fill whip.

I think I’m going to add an on off valve after the filter and before the bleed valve so that I can keep the filter pressurized in case I’m filling several guns in a row. That way I don’t have to wait for the pressure to build up in the filter between guns.

 

[winter]

It's been about two weeks since I put my small home compressor station into operation. The main compressor is Yong Heng and the backup compressor is Tuxing. Important are quality filters - (oil, water separator) and a sufficient amount of coolant, which is used to cool the compressor. I'm still waiting for a coolant flow indicator, which also measures the coolant temperature at the outlet.

 

[student]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

 

[rut]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

That’s what I always thought also. I have my gun standing on its bipod on a table top with the compressor and filter (s) below it.

 

[BSJ]

If you are worried about water flowing down hill, you're doing it wrong.

 

[student]

would you perhaps mind expounding upon that statement

i would like to learn/understand

thank you

 

[winter]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

It makes sense, but I rely on quality filtration and regular draining of water and oil.

 

[BSJ]

would you perhaps mind expounding upon that statement

i would like to learn/understand

thank you

There are literally hundreds of threads already discussing propper air drying...

Bottom line. Only truly dry air should be going into the gun or tank. If there is the slightest possibility that water could be flowing through the lines and that you must use gravity to prevent it from getting into a tank, your air is not dry.

 

[student]

yes of course...thank you....i should have specified that i was referring to Winter's impressive construct ....who kindly responded as well

 

[winter]

Hi guys, as I wrote above - I added a coolant flow indicator to the system, which also measures the coolant outlet temperature. I also solved the placement of the pressure cylinder. Now it is at the highest point of the entire system.

 

[Kerslachon]

I'm building a fill station now. I looked on the web but didn't find any ideas.

What I'm doing is a cabinet, about 37 inches tall on casters. The footprint of the cabinet is about 20x20. The compressor (GX-cs4) will go on top. The bottom panel of the cabinet extends 3.5 inches beyond the side panel. The idea is that my PCP will sit on the extended bottom, resting in something to keep the butt from kicking out. The top will have a similar bracket to catch the barrel - something like the brackets in a gun rack.

There will be ~16 inch wide drawers in the cabinet. The bottom one will be big enough to hold my pellet trap and my chronograph. The plan is to use the drawers for targets, pellets, and miscellaneous pellet gun stuff.

I also picked up a Harbor Freight mini toolbox that will go next to the compressor for compressor tools and parts.

My rifle can sit on the side of the cabinet while the compressor fills it.

I should do the glue up on Sunday, so I'm pretty early in the construction process.

 

[Bigbaby]

I'm building a fill station now. I looked on the web but didn't find any ideas.

What I'm doing is a cabinet, about 37 inches tall on casters. The footprint of the cabinet is about 20x20. The compressor (GX-cs4) will go on top. The bottom panel of the cabinet extends 3.5 inches beyond the side panel. The idea is that my PCP will sit on the extended bottom, resting in something to keep the butt from kicking out. The top will have a similar bracket to catch the barrel - something like the brackets in a gun rack.

There will be ~16 inch wide drawers in the cabinet. The bottom one will be big enough to hold my pellet trap and my chronograph. The plan is to use the drawers for targets, pellets, and miscellaneous pellet gun stuff.

I also picked up a Harbor Freight mini toolbox that will go next to the compressor for compressor tools and parts.

My rifle can sit on the side of the cabinet while the compressor fills it.

I should do the glue up on Sunday, so I'm pretty early in the construction process.

Ideally your compressor should be on the bottom, any moisture catchers at a higher level, and your gun or tank above those. The idea is to stop moisture from getting to your gun.

 

[bigHUN]

 

[cosmic]

cheap safe