Recent content by GeneralDisorder

Breaker size? Wire sizing and length to machine? Voltage at motor? If those check out you need to put an amp meter on it and check current draw. Could be a bad motor. GD

I would go get some real hardware. That cheap form-x pressure switch sounds like trouble. First one leaks and second one will not accept 1/4" tubing. It is not uncommon to see metric tubing on cheap Chinese compressors. They usually use plastic tubing for the form-x which you can probably find...

I have run plenty of full industrial single stage machines at 110 - 120 psi. They actually deliver higher volume than two stage machines and that is their benefit. If you don't need the pressure you can get better volume with a single stage set around 100 psi. If a machine reports 12 CFM at 5...

Paint finish? You joking? LoL. It isn't a car - drips, runs, and overspray is the RULE not the exception in the industrial machine world. I worked at a Quincy distributor/manufacturer and we often did small jobs with rattle cans. You simply can't judge a compressor using that metric. High...

If anyone finds this thread and is also looking for a manual - a fellow enthusiast on the smokstak forums pointed me in the right direction: http://www.beamequipment.com/Perfect_Circle_Manuals-Perfect_Circle_Piston_Knurlizer_Instruction_Manual_Knurl.html GD

If you manifold about 5 or 6 big-box store compressors together (talking the largest 5 HP models) you could likely do it, yeah. The rule of thumb is 4 CFM per HP. And with normal single phase house current @ 240 VAC you will draw about 5 amps per HP at peak load. So you will need at least a...

Thanks for the link! I signed up over there and I will send him a message and see what he's got. I posted this same request over there also. GD

Check the amperage draw of the motor against it's nameplate ratng at the pressure when it trips off and check that you have adequate voltage - you aren't using some crazy long extension cord of tiny wire gauge are you? And check the temperature set point of the overload against actual temp. It...

I am putting a Perfect Circle Nurlizer (piston skirt knurler) into use at my repair shop and I could use a manual for its complete setup and operation. If anyone has one laying around or would like to scan one for me I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! GD

That's a cheap splash lubed air end and they run a bit fast and hot for my liking. These are the type of pumps that are going to ruin Quincy's good name. It's not a forever purchase like a QR. GD

You don't (and cant) wire the motor for three phase - you just wire the start windings (only single phase motors have these) through the third leg of a three phase contactor (without phase imbalance) or through the auxiliary contacts on a pressure switch so there's no induced current in the...

Neither one of those is going to keep up with a DA. You need a proper 5 HP machine in the 18 - 22 CFM range. This is the realm of the QR-325. That's what you should be looking for. GD

That's not a great Quincy. That's a 2 HP pump. Single stage, splash lube, reed valve machine. When they take a dump its cause the reed valves break and chew the **** out of the cylinders. $250 isn't a terrible price but frankly that's not the kind of machine that made Quincy their name for...

18mm Chrysler power steering lines - generally need a crows-foot line wrench for those though. I find very often that I can just use the crows-foot set with a small breaker bar or ratchet and its a lot more universal. Mine are snap on and were crazy expensive.... But they fit very well. I've...

Add a second unloader tower and unload both the low pressure and high pressure cylinders, add a pilot valve if it doesn't have Hand mode operation, and see about upgrading to the new series oil pump with a spin-on oil filter , better pickup tube design, and hydraulic unloader port on the pump...