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02-13-2021, 12:21 PM
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One piece at a time compressor
Now there will be a post about it. 20 years ago I was given Grandpa Rusty's compressor he had cobbled together using a piston type refrigeration compressor and a one horse induction motor. Worked amazing, made lots of air and was super quiet. Then the rings went on it and I had no air... I used a couple disappointing pumps then a buddy gave me a twin Eagle that dropped the reeds into one cylinder. repaired the piston with JB weld, and it became my main air source for a number of years. When we moved to the country, Mrs Rusty decided my shop needed new air, and persuaded me to pick up a new triple from Princess Auto (that was on sale) and I built a nicer, larger compressor integrated I to the shop, which left my older unit to be relegated as "barn duty". I had a nice little Craftsman compressor tank leftover from a portable direct drive that had died, so the project had a platform. I built a new mount for the motor and compressor head and mounted it to the tank after a little thought about piping. Since the new configuration was much larger, I had to get the control and coupler to where it could be accessed. I rewired the motor for 120 volt again, and wired the switch in, and piped the compressor to the tank. It worked! Nice neat package and functional. The 1929 patented motor driving a 90's compressor on a 2000's tank. I guess hoarding stuff pays off once in a while.
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02-13-2021, 02:53 PM
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Good job. Much of the value isn’t what you could have bought a new one for, but using what you already had on hand. Good to give the ok brain a workout every now and then to build something vs just throwing money out for something new.
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02-14-2021, 08:48 AM
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One nice thing about repulsion-induction, they don't hit the electrical system with 3 times the run current when starting like induction motors do.
It'll do Rusty Jr just fine.
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