[Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec

[Randall]

> I try to turn my air lines off when I leave the shop. 

I forgot once, and got a rather panicked call from the housekeeper.  The fitting had popped off the end of the hose, and the hose
was whipping around everywhere, making a terrible racket.  Fortunately didn't do any serious damage; and it has never happened
again; but it still seems like a good enough reason not to leave the flexible lines under pressure.

My long term plan is to install a motor-operated ball valve at the compressor (along with a contactor to kill power to the motor)
and connect it to a wall switch in the garage.  But for the moment, I just walk out and close a manual valve.

-- Randall