D.I.Y. air compressor line 'desiccant' dryer.

[rustybronco]

Steve, as I'm only running 120 psi, I have no worries with the threaded hole I made not holding a plug. In fact I would even trust it holding at 150.

If it bothers someone, omit the threaded hole. You will just have to remove the end cap to check the desiccant for colour change. I put it there so I could put a pressure gauge in it to check for any pressure drop, to see if the silica gel looses volume over time and make it easier to visually the desiccant for moisture.

[SVSooke]

I promised to get my take on Dale's drier and here it is:

I's 1 1/2 inch pipe 18 inches long.Finally got all the pieces I need together,rather than making screens like he did I"m using cut down sink strainers.I painted it because it was a rusty bit from work.

Here it is filled with the desiccant Dale sent me.Princess Auto used to carry blue desiccant like this in bags for reasonable $$ but they don't seem to be doing that anymore so Dale sending me his leftovers is much appreciatedDidn't get my coat hanger springs quite as neat as Dale's

All ready to give me nice dry air for spraying and powder coating

[rustybronco]

Didn't get my coat hanger springs quite as neat as Dale's

Tisk-Tisk, we're going to have to work on that won't we.