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Well... hmmm... Got her wired right. Closed my eyes and flipped the switch. She rolled right on and made a nice, vintage pump popping hum. Things seemed to be working just fine. It takes my IR compressor about 13-14 mins to fill up the 60 gallon tank. I didn't have a stop watch, but it seemed...

Thanks GP!

I've heard of "unobtanium". As in, super-rare (generally vintage car parts) you can't even afford to look at, let alone buy. You sure score a lot of nice "obtanium" in your neck of the woods! Between scads of scrap metal vultures and the retro-junk hipsters in this town, I can't find any metal...

Thanks guys. Well that's pretty easy, L = incoming power line and M = motor, right? That's the way my current IR compressor is wired so that makes sense. Despite what I saw on my current compressor, I wired it this way b/c that's how I found the box originally wired (the M&L on the left side...

Hey all, Long story short: (or here's the long version if prefer:http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195939&highlight=scaife) I've frankensteined an old compressor together and I want to see how she runs. So I've wired it up to what I think will work but I'm a bit skeptical...

It's been awhile, but I finally made some progress on the compressor this weekend. The big delay is I've never done much welding up to this point. I've always wanted to, but could never justify the expense of a decent machine to do it with. I finally saved my pennies and bought a decent, used...

Sold!

$50! Who'll give me $50?

Delta Shopmaster 1"x5" Belt Disc Sander (SOLD) I have a brand new, never-been-used Delta Shopmaster (Model SA150) 1" Belt / 5" Disc Sander. It's never even been plugged in. It's in mint condition. All paperwork and everything. As you probably know, the cheapie junk ones from Harbor Freight...

Enlightening. Guess I won't try turning them into a cute, craft project, but instead I'll see if I can work them into the system when I get to the final installation. Thanks guys.

That's an awesome compressor John! You should do a dedicated thread about its restoration. My dilemma is that I absolutely cannot afford to have a horizontal tank in my garage. Just don't have the space at all. It has to be a vertical unit. So if I wanted to use this compressor, this tank, I'd...

The biggest hurdle to rebuilding the motor - in my mind - is that it's a 3-phase unit. If it was a single, I'd probably be with you. The biggest hurdle according to the shop is those sleeve bearings. They said they're very hard to come by affordably. So I could spend $500 or more to get it...

So it's a 3-phase disconnect and a 3 phase starter. Thanks guys. Now, is there any reason I'd want to make those work on a single phase motor? Or should I just stick with my breaker-flipping start-up method? I can't see any benefit to making all this work on my system, but if there is, then...

Hey all, I found an ancient air compressor a few weeks back (Full story here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195939 and it had these two boxes attached to it. Can you tell me what they are, what they do? A starter of some sort? The motor was a 3-phase unit so I'm...

^^^ What he said X4! Throw it in the trash?!? $20 at best?!? Sheesh, get real guys! Solid $40 and it wouldn't hurt to start at $60 OBO. Waay smaller vises new start at $60-70. Any hobby/homeowner would be happy to pay $40-$50, maybe even $60 for it.

Hey all, Thinking about craigslisting the motor and a couple other things today. So tell me, what is this thing? A starter of some sort? Is it a 3-phase-only sorta thing or could I wire it to run my single-phase motor? If I could, would it be any better than the way I start it now? (simply...

Well, third time's a charm. Sort of. After pumping LOTS of grease into her (literally a tube and a half), I finally managed to get it up around 225psi. Yay! I probably could've gone all the way to 300, but I felt she was full of enough grease and I don't ever intend to take her past 150...

I'm pretty sure he told me the MAC guy (who comes by his shop) said they don't have the rebuild kit for this wrench available anymore. If they did, I'm confident it wouldn't be in my hands right now. ;) But... I'll give it a try just in case. In the meantime, here's a couple pics of the...

Hi all, I recently got a 250# 1/2" drive MAC torque wrench from my brother in law. He used it at his shop and they upgraded so he just gave it to me. The problem is, while it torques just fine, the ratcheting mechanism is shot so it doesn't ratchet. The second problem is: apparently MAC no...

Hey all, I've been trying to hydro-stat this old tank but so far it ain't workin' out for me. I've had it strapped to the front of my garage for going on three days now. Another day or two and I may have some "concerned neighbors" stopping by. ;) It took me about three hours to trickle fill...