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Air source
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 4, 2005 2:24 AM
For those of us who have been asking about what kinda air compressor to get and those of us looking for something quiter then the pw r2800 loud C&F's I was given this for an idea....

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=3579

I myself use a 20lbs co2 tank for modeling and business and well forking over 20 bones every couple of days for refills while not having the upfront bones to get a decent compressor, have been looking for alternitives.
Getting this tank is a good idea... you can get an attachment for refilling it so all you have to do is take it to your local Cheveron put a few quaters in the tire refiller and refill this bad boy. youll need a regulator and moister trap for it plus the attachments for refilling at the gas station, plus anything you want to add to it for how you work and paint... and still comes out less then even a hobby compressor.
11 Gallons is what I need for my business but you hobby guys can get good milage from the smaller 5 gal.
I am deffintly going to give this a try at its price.
Jeff
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Posted by MusicCity on Friday, March 4, 2005 5:29 AM
They work well, so I've heard. The only problem is that you are limited to the pressure of the gas station's air supply (usually somewhere around 90 psi). If you are going through a 20 pound CO2 bottle in a couple of days then I suspect this will last you somewhere around an hour Wink [;)]
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 4, 2005 9:20 PM
I''m currently using a similar setup and can normally complete a 1/72 aricraft model w/o having to refill it.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 5, 2005 1:14 AM
why not hook up that tank to a compressor? that way you can get your air source for free almost, and it's not that loud!!
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Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, March 5, 2005 7:09 AM
QUOTE: I''m currently using a similar setup and can normally complete a 1/72 aricraft model w/o having to refill it.

Most people can get several MONTHS of use from a 20# CO2 tank, but Jeff said he is going through one in a couple of days. He is obviously doing a LOT of painting.

QUOTE: why not hook up that tank to a compressor? that way you can get your air source for free almost, and it's not that loud!!

If he had a compressor he wouldn't need the tank!

Jeff, you might also check at Sears. I don' t know how the prices will compare but they do have tanks like that.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, March 5, 2005 11:39 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity
Most people can get several MONTHS of use from a 20# CO2 tank, but Jeff said he is going through one in a couple of days. He is obviously doing a LOT of painting.


Jeff is referring to his T-shirt airbrushing I assume.
You tend to empty a CO2 tank quickly when you are spraying at 60-100 psi. Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 5, 2005 2:08 PM
60 psi is about 10 full Tees bro. I did 7 outline only in black yesterday on a full tank and it took half. Actually its better now because I broke out my mini blue for my modeling because i forgot who I promised it too so my co2 is only doing business work now.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 5, 2005 11:46 PM
wow, that empties fast!!

hey wood, i'm up for a mini-blue lmao
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 6, 2005 12:39 AM
well youre gonna have to wait now :)
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Posted by qmiester on Sunday, March 6, 2005 11:29 AM
Jeff
I personally think there is no better sound in the world than a healthy R-2800 pulling 52 inches of manifold pressure at 2700 RPM. Wonder what the neighbors would think if I jerked the 2 hp electric motor off my compressor and hooked up an 2800 to it? Especially at 1 am on a Sunday morning.
Kidding aside, the biggest problem I've had using portable tanks is they tended to run out of propellant at an awkward time. Like 1 am on a Sunday morning and the job only 1/2 done. Or on a day that I wouldn't even step out on the porch let alone drive 15 miles to the shop to refill it (at that time I was using an old aircraft high pressure oxygen bottle that the boss let me fill with nitrogen at the hanger). Finally broke down and bought an air compressor (which I admit I use on a heck of a lot more things than just airbrushing - air drills, impact wrenches, rivet guns etc)
Quincy
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