I remember when this NG was full of useful info apropos its title. Desiring to be faithful to that memory, I'd like to relate this. Yesterday I brought home an Ingersoll Rand type 30 vertical compressor (99.9% metal and lots of it). Was considering how to bolt it down to the concrete garage floor with some kind of isolation pads. I hadn't really thought of something I could purchase locally so I could get the thing operational and decided to wander around Lowes in hopes of finding the right solution. I think I came up with a winner and it may be of use to anyone in the same circumstance. Somewhere in the hardware isles you'll find chair leg tips, gliders, rubber feet and the like. They have these Waxman Super Sliders that seem perfect for mounting just about anything under, say, 1000lbs. The ones I got are 3-1/2" in diameter and are about 5/8" thick. They have a thin felt layer that I don't care about but otherwise they're made of some very dense foam which only compressed slightly under the considerable weight of the compressor. I haven't bolted it down yet but I did run the unit with these things in place. The compressor was much quieter and you couldn't feel the vibration in the floor at all. YMMV Nok
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15 years ago