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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 12, 2005 2:53 AM
Ahh, i never thought that it could be just a straight on/off type arrangement.
Cheers for the reply.
Meurig
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    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:11 PM
QUOTE: The pressure dial keeps "bouncing" rather than settling on a chosen pressure. This leads to question 1..

Is this normal?

For diaphragm style compressors a certain amount of pulsation is typical. How much pulsation varies from one compressor to the next.

QUOTE: I assume that the brass "thumbscrew" type attachment behind the dial is the pressure adjustment screw.

Question 2 is to change the pressure do i
a- Adjust just the thumbscrew grip at the top of the brass assembly or
b- Adjust the whole projecting brass assembly that is seen behind the pressure dial?

I'm not familiar with that compressor however the specification page doesn't say anything about it having a regulator or a means to adjust the pressure so there may not be a way. I assume the brass thumbscrew is a valve but I can't tell for sure. It definitely is not a true regulator and may on;y shut the airflow on or off.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
  • Member since
    November 2005
Compressor air regulator question
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:19 PM
Hi chaps and chapesses,
I'm pretty new to this kitbuilding process and in particular to airbrush and compressor use.

I have just bought a 2nd hand version of this compressor..
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000110300&r=2007&g=102

The pressure dial keeps "bouncing" rather than settling on a chosen pressure. This leads to question 1..

Is this normal?

I assume that the brass "thumbscrew" type attachment behind the dial is the pressure adjustment screw.

Question 2 is to change the pressure do i
a- Adjust just the thumbscrew grip at the top of the brass assembly or
b- Adjust the whole projecting brass assembly that is seen behind the pressure dial?

The reason i ask is that the pressure only changes when i unscrew the whole projecting brass assembly. However this could eventually lead to it actually becoming unscrewed totally from the regulator. If i do adjust just the thumbscrew grip nothing actually happens to the pressure at all, however this would seem to be the logical way to adjust the pressure.

Now i read this back it doesn't make a whole lotta sense but i hope that someone can understand what im driving at and answer my questions.

Thanks,
Meurig.
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