25-09-2018, 04:19 PM
Thanks for all the kind words.
I haven't been quite bone idle whilst not working on the Ruby.
Managed to do what I planned when I bought the Wolf Air Dakota 100 compressor, and that was to use 15mm cu tube I had in stock, to have an air outlet in the Workshop and one halfway down either side in the Carport, with facility to have another further down the Bungalow wall if needed.
Then an air cooler between the compressor output and tank using 20mm cu tube in a series of loops in front of the fan, as the air being pumped straight into said tank carried a lot of moisture, the filter/pressure unit filtering air into the SandBastingCabinet collecting lots of water, as well as settling in the tank and needing regular draining.
I eventually got it all done, but needing regular stops to towel myself down every hour or so, and sit for an 1/2 - 3/4 hour to recover. The humidity this year didn't help.
My ubiquitous bench mounted SandBastingCabinet has been modified to incorporate many of the improvements featured in various Forums and on YouTube, plus some of my own, the total transforming what was/is a complete waste of money 'out of the box'.
If interested I will prepare a new thread with details.
Had to spend some time drying out parts when we had a cloudburst and the overflow from the gutter found its way into three plastic containers with parts in, so I was not very amused to say the least, now having to put the Ruby shockabsorber parts through the SandBlastingCabinet again with other parts.
Yesterday found what was causing the clonking noise from the NS rear on the Doblò.
It was another failed top shock bush, the rubber having deteriorated such that the centre tube, for the securing bolt, was making contact with the housing, causing the bump stop to strike the plate on the cross tube, leaving a very clean and polished ring.
I replaced the original bush a few years ago, the design of which lends itself to failure, as evident in the photo.
Have ordered a replacement shock with proper solid rubber bushes, as I did for the OS.
Geoff - These things are sent to try us are they not - Grrr!
I haven't been quite bone idle whilst not working on the Ruby.
Managed to do what I planned when I bought the Wolf Air Dakota 100 compressor, and that was to use 15mm cu tube I had in stock, to have an air outlet in the Workshop and one halfway down either side in the Carport, with facility to have another further down the Bungalow wall if needed.
Then an air cooler between the compressor output and tank using 20mm cu tube in a series of loops in front of the fan, as the air being pumped straight into said tank carried a lot of moisture, the filter/pressure unit filtering air into the SandBastingCabinet collecting lots of water, as well as settling in the tank and needing regular draining.
I eventually got it all done, but needing regular stops to towel myself down every hour or so, and sit for an 1/2 - 3/4 hour to recover. The humidity this year didn't help.
My ubiquitous bench mounted SandBastingCabinet has been modified to incorporate many of the improvements featured in various Forums and on YouTube, plus some of my own, the total transforming what was/is a complete waste of money 'out of the box'.
If interested I will prepare a new thread with details.
Had to spend some time drying out parts when we had a cloudburst and the overflow from the gutter found its way into three plastic containers with parts in, so I was not very amused to say the least, now having to put the Ruby shockabsorber parts through the SandBlastingCabinet again with other parts.
Yesterday found what was causing the clonking noise from the NS rear on the Doblò.
It was another failed top shock bush, the rubber having deteriorated such that the centre tube, for the securing bolt, was making contact with the housing, causing the bump stop to strike the plate on the cross tube, leaving a very clean and polished ring.
I replaced the original bush a few years ago, the design of which lends itself to failure, as evident in the photo.
Have ordered a replacement shock with proper solid rubber bushes, as I did for the OS.
Geoff - These things are sent to try us are they not - Grrr!