Compressed Air System Install - Nothing But A Lot Of Hot Air

After receiving a litany of abuse from fellow hot rodders and mechanics about my lack of pneumatic capabilities in my shop in the past, I decided once and for all that it was time to get real and set up my current shop with a capable compressed air setup.
After receiving a litany of abuse from fellow hot rodders and mechanics about my lack of pneumatic capabilities in my shop in the past, I decided once and for all that it was time to get real and set up my current shop with a capable compressed air setup. I tend to be a scapegoat of used equipment so needless to say, when the time came for me to receive my first air compressor, it was in the shape of a frozen hand-me-down from an editor that shall remain unnamed. He decided that storing his horizontal 20-gallon unit in a vertical position for years on end made sense and then proceeded to revert it to said horizontal state and ran it less oil to blow out the cat hair that covered his garage. Needless to say after about ten minutes, the motor froze. And thatâ

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