What Did You Buy Today?

[sdelivery]

I was left alone at the sale...

 

[wachuko]

Have you looked into making a silica gel dryer? Media is pretty cheap, and you can even dry it out in the oven to recycle it (or so I've heard, haven't done it yet...).

Yes, saw a video on how to make one out of one of the large water filters that I have:

 

[woodchucker]

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I have no idea what those 3 items are? Should I know?

edit: ahhhh a sunnen hone.
nice

 

[sdelivery]

I have no idea what those 3 items are? Should I know?

edit: ahhhh a sunnen hone.
nice

Sunnen 1810 hone,sunnen calibration rings, cam big align boring machine

 

[dkemppai]

Sunnen 1810 hone,sunnen calibration rings, cam big align boring machine

So, you have an automotive machine shop setup??? If so, we might want to talk...

 

[Firstram]

Yes, saw a video on how to make one out of one of the large water filters that I have:

That will work. Don't plumb it like he shows though, you want the air to enter at the top and exit at the bottom. The air should pass through the beads without disturbing them for the best results!

I use the orange/green beads, I read the pink/blue give off cobalt dust or something like that. I sure Pontiac John can comment if it's an issue. You can absolutely dry them low and slow in the oven.

 

[pontiac428]

That will work. Don't plumb it like he shows though, you want the air to enter at the top and exit at the bottom. The air should pass through the beads without disturbing them for the best results!

I use the orange/green beads, I read the pink/blue give off cobalt dust or something like that. I sure Pontiac John can comment if it's an issue. You can absolutely dry them low and slow in the oven.

You are correct, sir! Orange/green is safe, blue has cobalt. We were getting cobalt hits from desiccated samples at the Army analytical lab from using them in a cabinet with blue beads (no stirring or mixing, just convection). That's never something you want to find out after certificates have been signed, certified, and issued. Besides, the only cobalt that I want to handle is metallic. Organometallics and salts are scary.

Wachuko's water filter canister has a siphon tube in it, what difference does it make which direction the air flows?

 

[Larry$]

Just don't seem to trust electronic systems which is silly

I've got a Fowler 6" digital caliper. Probably made in China, It was fairly cheap 5 years ago. Batteries last a long time. I like being able to add measurements up by just zeroing as I go and then back to home for a total. Works for subtracting also. I don't use a caliper for getting serious about a measurement because it is so easy to not get perfectly square to the work.

 

[sdelivery]

So, you have an automotive machine shop setup??? If so, we might want to talk...

Sort of. Yes

 

[Firstram]

Wachuko's water filter canister has a siphon tube in it, what difference does it make which direction the air flows?

With a high volume of air the beads could levitate or boil allowing the air to bypass them, sort of like backwashing a pool filter. If you blow down it guarantees as much intimate contact as possible because the beads cant move. It could be theoretical but why not give yourself every advantage possible?

The only inconvenience is the need for a screen on the dip tube. I like to use a large sintered bronze air muffler but nylon window screen should be fine.