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I have a cheap HF 30 gal air compressor for misc jobs in the garage. It'll give me one good blast of air for 3 seconds and then the flow really dies off. If I wait 10 seconds or so I can give it another good blast and then have to wait again. At no time during this is the compressor actually...

Unfinished and it can get a little damp in the summer. Sounds like 3/4" is the way to go.

First time making a set of base cabinets. I won't be piling hundreds of pounds of stuff in them, they'll just be for general basement use. I plan on making 3 cabinets, each 4' long. The internal shelves will use pegs to hold them up. They will be held together with pocket screws, maybe some...

I dont mind the good workout that the bottle top pumps provide, but I would prefer not mixing hobbies. The bottle top pumps are just too slow, flimsy and dont fit all the bottles tops. I'm almost tempted to use one of those water cannon toys, but there has to be something out there that exists...

Is there anyway to tell what a motor is rated for? It doesnt seem to list it on the motor...or maybe I havent looked hard enough?

I was going to go with a smaller pulley. I dont need the thing to run fast, it's going to provide more air than I need as is. I'd rather try and get some more torque out of the motor

measured with a tape measure it's 16 inches

I was thinking of getting a 2" pulley to run the compressor at ~450 RPM. The compressor is spec'ed to run between 400 and 900 RPM. Would that still not be enough? Looks like you can find Baldor 5hp 230v single phase 1750 RPM compressor rated motors for around $360 online. I'll use this 3hp to...

I certainly cant complain :bounce:

I took off the inspection cover tonight and it looks clean inside. There was no oil and the bolts were just hand tight, but everything looks good on the bottom end. Cant tell which is which, but either the intake or output side looks pretty rusted up. I blew out both ends with air and some...

That's the plan for tonight. I called up Quincy and they mentioned that any QR-25 manual should do for mine. I'll flip through the manual and try to learn as much as I can. It turns over really easily and you can feel a little puff of air coming out. Yeah, on the day of the walk-through the...

I don't think it was ever run with this motor. I think this was a project they were planning on putting together but never got to it. Is there anyway I could use the motor I have? I would think that you could play with the pulley size to get the right RPM. Just took a look and a 5hp 1750 motor...

When I bought my house the previous owners left behind an air compressor project. This thing is pretty huge and overkill for what I need, but I'd love to get it running. The compressor itself is a Quincy 230-32 sitting on a John Wood tank that's rated for 200 PSI. They also left a 3hp 3450 RPM...

The door is flush with the ground. I don't want to to tripping on a hinge or have things get hung up on it. Also, it's just cool to have a hidden hinge