Hi
Some of you may remember this compressor I built back in December 2007. Its in the tools section if anyone wants to take another look.
Its served me well so far but I decided to fit a bigger tank to increase the amount of available air. I quickly 'acquired' another larger fire extinguisher and was putting it in the boot of my car at work when a customer asked what I was up to. A brief explanation followed. He then said I've got one of those in my shed, it doesn't work but you can have it if you want. I never turn down anything free but you can imagine my surprise when he turned up with a small compressor. It was in a bit of a state. A broken plug, a broken air pipe to the automatic cut off and the air filter broken off. Anyway I fitted a new plug and repaired the pipe, plugged it in and away it went. They are noisy little devils though. I know a couple of people who have them and they have commented how noisy they are. Well I stripped it down and gave the tank a coat of paint to clean it up a bit.
The last thing it neded was an air cleaner so I brought one home from work (motor trade) and cut it down a bit.
I found a brass water fitting the right thread and a couple of big washers.
Then coated the raw paper edge with silicon and stuck a piece of foam rubber on.
And the point to all this is I can hear you all saying. Well the point is, with the new larger air filter fitted the compressor is noticeably quieter. Maybe it acts like a silencer in reverse. I'm sure there is a technical answer. As for the bigger fire extinguisher Julians got it now. He's going to mount 2 fridge pumps on it to give twice the amount of air. Should be interesting.
Cheers
Rich
Some of you may remember this compressor I built back in December 2007. Its in the tools section if anyone wants to take another look.
Its served me well so far but I decided to fit a bigger tank to increase the amount of available air. I quickly 'acquired' another larger fire extinguisher and was putting it in the boot of my car at work when a customer asked what I was up to. A brief explanation followed. He then said I've got one of those in my shed, it doesn't work but you can have it if you want. I never turn down anything free but you can imagine my surprise when he turned up with a small compressor. It was in a bit of a state. A broken plug, a broken air pipe to the automatic cut off and the air filter broken off. Anyway I fitted a new plug and repaired the pipe, plugged it in and away it went. They are noisy little devils though. I know a couple of people who have them and they have commented how noisy they are. Well I stripped it down and gave the tank a coat of paint to clean it up a bit.
The last thing it neded was an air cleaner so I brought one home from work (motor trade) and cut it down a bit.
I found a brass water fitting the right thread and a couple of big washers.
Then coated the raw paper edge with silicon and stuck a piece of foam rubber on.
And the point to all this is I can hear you all saying. Well the point is, with the new larger air filter fitted the compressor is noticeably quieter. Maybe it acts like a silencer in reverse. I'm sure there is a technical answer. As for the bigger fire extinguisher Julians got it now. He's going to mount 2 fridge pumps on it to give twice the amount of air. Should be interesting.
Cheers
Rich
