Do it your self refrigerator silent air compressor for under $100!!!!!

i stole the idea from the "airbrush painting techniques" book published by osprey (modelling manuals 6). i had a campbell and hausfeld compressor with a 2 gallon tank that was supposed to be "quiet" but was totally annoying. my hobby room is in close proximity to the television so my family members get pretty ticked most of the time. i checked the prices for silent compressors and got my feelings hurt. i bought the book mentioned above and followed the fairly generic instructions on how to make your own silent air compressor. i have a friend that is a maintainance man for a government housing project and he donated 2 or 3 refrigerator compressors for this project. i simply removed the noisy compressor that was attached to my campbell hausfeld and wired and plumbed in one of the refrigerator compressors and viola. works like a charm and is as silent as a refrigerator. 1 note is i have an omni 5000 gravity feed and rarely use over 20 pounds of pressure and the compressor can barely keep up with the airbrush. i have a 1/8 hp compressor though. i have two other compressors that i can use incase this one goes out and they are larger and could probably do a little better . i had to buy some electrical wire, various electrical conectors, brass elbows, tees, an air filter, air regulator, and one pressure gauge (optional) and spent some where under $100. i gotta say that im pretty proud of myself if i dont say so myself. good luck fellows.