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My big upright compressor was outside under my open wood shed roof for years. I recently did a major overhaul on the whole thing...

I retired last September!!

Someone has a little too much time on their hands :)

x10 looks great!

Looks great!

This project is finished. New electric motor, wiring, paint, flywheel repair and added an indicator light. Just need to do a little...

Got the flywheel machined. Enlarged the hole to match my new pump shaft and cut the keyway. Sprayed it with some truck bedliner and...

Stuff back the was made to last a couple life times. ker plunk ker plunk. I call the new stuff screamers.

I'm not rebuilding the pump. It works totally fine. I just fixed the flywheel shaft so it didn't warble.

Not bent anymore!!

I certainly can't see anything I did to bend that shaft during my tear down. Aren't those things forged? I bet you would have to drop...

Well, the saga continues. I was trying to line up the new motors pully with the pump flywheel/pulley and was having issues. Discovered...

Here's what I found on the switch. The Allen-Bradley 800FD-SM22X10 is fully rated for a 240V circuit. This 22mm selector switch is...

Looking around in my shop I found a brand new Allen-Bradley 800FD-SM22X10 switch. This originally came with my new metal lathe. I...