Questions on Caulk and Mounting Compressor

[sacherjj]

I haven't been around here as much, just trying to get all the things finished up before winter. I've got two questions for you guys.

I have been using a caulk for around the seams on my shed. This is the best I could find at HD, 25 or 35 year outdoor type. I used it a while back and that setup fine. I used it last night and it isn't tacked after over 12 hours. It is supposed to tack at 2 hours. We had weather at 22 degrees, but I had a remote thermometer in the garage to monitor temerature and I don't believe that the garage got all the way to freezing. (The gas furnace and gas hot water heater are in the garage.) Does freezing caulk make this happen?

Second question. I have a new vertical compressor from Campell Hausfeld via Home Depot. This is the HUSKY VT6314, a 60 gallon, 230V compressor with three support feet. I am using the auto drain from Harbor Freight to drain the tank each time a cycle ends (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...mnumber=42221). This requires a little height at the bottom. While I have some small, thick oak scraps that will work for under the legs, I think I need some rubber or something to dampen the vibrations. I haven't been able to find a good source for 1/2" or greater black rubber. What do you guys use to mount a compressor in this manner?

Thanks All.

[Daryl]

I don't know about the caulk, but old tires make good vibration dampeners. Use the tread part and cut them to size.

[WoodButcher26]

Go to a farm store and get the rubber mounts that they have for mounting motors and such--just big thick rubber disks, really. One of the stores that I use is Tractor Supply, their site shows a number of locations in your area. One of the advantages I have of growing up in a farm community, I guess...

http://www.mytscstore.com/customer_s...asp?pageID=map


Kim

[Thom2]

Second question. I have a new vertical compressor from Campell Hausfeld via Home Depot. This is the HUSKY VT6314, a 60 gallon, 230V compressor with three support feet. I am using the auto drain from Harbor Freight to drain the tank each time a cycle ends (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42221). This requires a little height at the bottom. While I have some small, thick oak scraps that will work for under the legs, I think I need some rubber or something to dampen the vibrations. I haven't been able to find a good source for 1/2" or greater black rubber. What do you guys use to mount a compressor in this manner?

I have the same compressor, and let me address the plumbing for the drain first. Take it from someone who has cussed at those cheasy little drain cocks more than once, DITCH IT! Once they get even slightly corroded, they're impossible to deal with, ESPECIALLY if it's sitting dead center under the middle of a compressor. I've attached a pic on how I handled mine, you can do it a number of ways, this is what worked for me. Also, addressing this issue to start with will solve your issue of needing more space under the compressor for the drain setup)

Secondly, if you can't find anything else to mount it with, (mine's not mounted right now, I had to move it recently and I've been too lazy to remount it again ) stop at a decent NAPA store and ask them if they stock the rubber mud flaps for big trucks, they're ussually 24x30 or so and made out of pretty heavy rubber. You could cut donuts out of that all day long for the $6 or so that they normally cost (or did cost, it's been a few years since I worked for NAPA, but I think they were $4.25 back then)

HTH

[LCHIEN]

They sell rubber vibration isolation mounts, basically a rubber cylinder with two studs mounted top and bottom of the cylinder. Each stud is attached to a larger base that's part of the cylinder so it won't pull out and isolated from each other by the rubber.


Also: From www.grainger.com
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg...1=Isolators%2C

MSCDIRECT.com
http://www1.mscdirect.com/
and search for vibration isolation

[wardprobst]

Hey Joe,

Campbell Hausfield has some nice equipment for their compressors and it's not much money. I got an isolation hose, three laminated cushions for the feet and an extension for the drain cock for less than twenty bucks. I have a bigger brother to yours and use the heck out of it. You might want to give them a call, the guy I talked to was a lot of help. I just called in with a question about mounting the compressor and he took it the rest of the way.
DP

[sacherjj]

I've heard good results from the HF automatic drain, so I'm not planning on extending the drain out right now. This opens for a little bit at the end of each cycle, to purge the moisture. The catch is that it is a little taller than I would like on the standard feet, hence the need for a raised mount. I didn't think about Tractor Supply. I'll have to head over there.

I hit the caulk with a heat gun for a while, to see if I could "kick" it a little. I hope it eventually sets up. This is a big mess to clean up if not.

[gjat]

I have 6" wide sheets of 1/4" rubber we use at work. If you just want to make some pads, pm me your addy and I'll mail you some for free. It's not that I'm that nice, but the story about your garage getting so cold it would freeze caulk broke my Floridian heart.

[WoodButcher26]

the story about your garage getting so cold it would freeze caulk broke my Floridian heart.

Dang, if that's all it takes...looking for a good source of 8/4 maple...would love to find some, but got to chisel the ice away from the inside of the door to get into the shop...


kim