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Monday, January 16, 2017

Errant Hole No More!

UPDATE:

After conferring with a specialist...actually, a Home Depot associate...I've got a fix installed for my errant hole.  Only time will tell if it's a good fix, but it's done.  So nothing left but the crying, as they say.  The solution was to put another concrete anchor down the errant hole.  I used some heavy duty epoxy to fill any gaps between the concrete anchor and the sides of the hole. Hopefully it's enough to keep the the small amount of concrete between the holes from blowing out and making one unsuitable hole.  Anyway, here's how it looked with the fix installed:


Here you can see that the anchor was trimmed so that it would be flush with the floor.  You can also see the epoxy around the anchor.  You can also see that there's still a little concrete powder in the other hole.  I did get most of it out, after the picture was taken.  It looks like maybe a 1/2" of concrete between the holes, maybe a bit more, but I didn't measure, so I'm not sure.  And now, it's too late! After a day of curing, I got my son to help me reposition the compressor over the holes.  Then we carefully tipped the compressor to raise one foot at a time, so that we could put the vibration insulator pads under each foot.  Once that was done, I made sure that each hole in the concrete was aligned with the hole in the vibration isolation pad (which, by the way, I had to drill my self) and the hole in the compressor foot.  It took a bit of fiddling about with the 600 lb (ish) compressor, but eventually all holes lined up and I pounded the concrete anchors into place. Once it was all done it looked like this:


In the background, you can see the blue conduit.  Inside the conduit is the electrical wire that will connect the compressor to the breaker panel.  So...the next step is to plumb the air outlet to a pressure regulator so that I can use the compressor, finally!  Eventually, I'll set up an air system for the garage, but for now, I've got projects that require this air, so a temporary hook up is all I need.  That's all for now.  Once I get the power hooked up, I'll take a video of the break in.  Can't wait!

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