Recent content by Diggers4life

That's what I would do. Especially if you can't get your hands on accurate measuring equipment. I've used Plasti-gage in the past and had pretty consistasnt results. Should be good enough for an air compressor, right? :lol_hitti

If you're worried about .0005" (not saying you shouldn't be), measuring telescoping gages with a pair of calipers isn't gonna get you close enough. Even the best calipers are only good for +/-.001" or so. You're at least going to have to use a micrometer to check your telescoping gages. Even...

This is what we use at work. Damn good industrial chop saws. http://www.everettindustries.com/everett/14_16_dry.htm

Damn. If you were closer, I'd make you a hell of a deal on a Dayton single phase 10hp motor. I've got an extra one sitting around waiting to go on a compressor... Shipping would be a ***** to NY though. It's pretty heavy.

It's a ACL-1002. 2 cylinder 7-1/2" bore x 4-1/2" stroke. Should be a thumper.

Here's my other one. Sorry for the crappy pic. It started life as a 25 hp single stage Gardner Denver. Obviously I can't run a 25 hp three phase motor in my residental garage. I'm hoping to slow the pump down enough that I can run a single phase 10hp motor. The tag on the pump says with the...

Mines maroon. Can I still be on Team Blue? :headscrat

I'm not sure I understand. Is the compressor filling past the set pressure on your switch, and not kicking off until it throws the breaker, or is it throwing the breaker before it gets up to pressure? Does your compressor have a check valve between the pump and the original tank? If it...

Do you have a small triangular file? Each angle on the file will be 60 deg - the same as most threads. If you take your time and make sure to keep the edge of the file in the root of the threads, you should be able to file the dings out. Unless they're really bad...

I have no experience with Eaton. I've had my Quincy QT-5 for over 10 years now and haven't had a single problem. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing.

Nachi has a line of powdered metal drills that work very well. We use them at work all the time. Doesn't sound very German though. :headscrat Maybe Japanese?

^^^I actually thought about doing that. I'd just never seen it done before, so I didn't know if it would work. A pair of 7.5 hp or 5hp motors would probably work pretty well.

I've done some research since I started this thread, and it seems like everything kinda points in the same direction. A phase convertor probably won't be the best idea (static or rotary) for the amount of juice I'm going to need to get this thing started. Maybe I should be looking into single...

I don't have the origional electric motor to make a phase converter out of. The prevoius owner got rid of it and made a hokey attempt of putting a gas engine on it. Needless to say he never got it to work. I don't want to go much more than 10 hp mainly because of the current draw. I think a...

I have the turqiose Chevy Bel-Air set. When I get a second, I'll run out to my shop and take a pic.