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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Dono View Post
    Thumbs up for the blue stripe pipe and Philmac fittings. I just did the same thing in my workshop. I ran 50m of 25mm poly with lots of droppers around the workshop. It was pretty straight forward to do. Lots of compatible brass fittings that suit as well. I have a spray booth right at the end of the line and I still get a little mist in the pipes when I blow off the water trap. Every take off needs a water trap...well up here you do.
    Ben,
    What's the typical price for a 6m length of 25mm blue stripe pipe and associated fittings?

    Just trying to gauge typical cost of this setup compared to say Aluminium air pipe and fittings. There's a place close to my work that does the "proper" ally air pipe, but I haven't costed it yet.

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    local tyre bloke has 2 inch gal pipe running all over his workshop . the large pipe and a fair bit of it acts as a another storage tank .,

    johno
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    Jon I can't say I'm up to scratch on the prices but I did do a price comparison 3/4 copper vs gal pipe vs blue stripe 20mm and 25mm. Even though the joiners/bends/take off saddles are a lot more expensive in poly I still came out well in front. 25mm is not that much dearer for the pipe and fittings over 20mm so I just went with the larger.

    Bunnies website is a good place to do a comparison on costs. A 50m roll of 25mm poly is about $50 and 6m of 19mm copper is about the same.
    The pipe and Philmac fittings are rated to about 170psi working pressure. I'm only a running a standard 125psi setup so no problems there.

    No leaks with hand tightening the fittings either. Very simple system actually. I just used electrial conduit half saddles (a box of them is cheap) to strap them to the walls etc.

    Actually, one of the best things I did was a 7m long 19mm copper water Trap off the compressor before I joined into the poly. Pretty much all the water is trapped there before it gets into my lines.

    One of the locals on this forum mentioned to plumb your compressor into your large water trap then back into the storage tank. Most of your water will end up in the copper trap before it makes it into your compressors tank. I will be doing this next time my compressor needs a bit of work. That was a good tip!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ventureoverland View Post
    Ben,
    What's the typical price for a 6m length of 25mm blue stripe pipe and associated fittings?

    Just trying to gauge typical cost of this setup compared to say Aluminium air pipe and fittings. There's a place close to my work that does the "proper" ally air pipe, but I haven't costed it yet.
    n
    This post may be of value
    https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...ht=reticulated

    And here are some quotes for poly air pipe - this quote is about 6 months old.
    The pipe is cheap - the fittings are not

    Air Tools & Airline pressure drop-polyairpipe-jpg
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