Stainless Steel plumbing option

[v101]

Compressor Questions - High Pressure Steel Tubing 1/4"
This post is for any compressor owners that have ran any high pressure stainless steel tubing from their compressor to say a cascade block or a pressure switch, then into a cascade block.

My questions are:
what was the tubing manufactor?
If known what was approx. cost per foot?
were you able to source the fittings to connect to your compressor?
what is the pressure rating?
were you able to use a standard pipe bender to bend it? or did you use 45/90 to change the direction?

I did locate this company that offers high pressure tubing, its way overkill (150K PSI) but it would work as long as I can source the fittings.

http://www.autoclave.com/products/fi...re_tubing.html

 

[rjack321]

Compressor Questions - High Pressure Steel Tubing 1/4"
This post is for any compressor owners that have ran any high pressure stainless steel tubing from their compressor to say a cascade block or a pressure switch, then into a cascade block.

My questions are:
what was the tubing manufactor?
If known what was approx. cost per foot?
were you able to source the fittings to connect to your compressor?
what is the pressure rating?
were you able to use a standard pipe bender to bend it? or did you use 45/90 to change the direction?

I did locate this company that offers high pressure tubing, its way overkill (150K PSI) but it would work as long as I can source the fittings.

http://www.autoclave.com/products/fi...re_tubing.html

Not sure the manufacturer of mine. But you don't need that ridiculous Parker stuff. 1/4" SS tube should be in the $5 to $8/foot range.
Scuba Compressor

Swaglock compression fittings can be sourced off ebay and will connect the tube to 1/4" NPT threads.
I bent my carefully by hand, sometimes I used a piece if PVC pipe as a form. But I wasn't trying to make a professional looking setup and most of my tubing I actually picked up used so it wasn't uniform to start anyway.

 

[rcontrera]

I have been buying my tubing locally (sort of) from Alaska Copper and Brass in Seattle. My last installation had copper nickel 1/4" with .049 wall thickness. Make sure you get annealed or it will be a bitch to get good bends. Invest in a tubing bender. Even my first installation (back in the days of wooden scuba tanks) turned out pretty good using a tubing bender.