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Rebuilding a couple of compressors. One is a Kellogg American 331TV. Removing the tapered roller bearings on the crank is a pain. Not enough shoulder to drive it off, a little too close to those lead blobs Kellogg welds on for crank counterweights, and my bearing splitters kept fracturing off...

Who knows, it isn't like a 40 old compressor pump sits on a bar stool, crying into their beer and telling their whole life story. Thank God. :lol_hitti But Rodgers, the Quincy distributor in Portland does a large part of their business in leasing. They lease the compressor out, service it and...

Yes I made that point many posts ago, and one of the reasons why many people have acquired little to no assets with a lifetime of work. Have to have it > buy it on credit > break it/out of fashion/want a newer model/never really needed it > pay someone to haul it to the landfill. Probably...

I am not ASSuming anything. I was referring to the DESIGN being outdated and obsolete. It clearly isn't. :thumbup: The only reason that it is obsolete in the US is because Grainger the importer abandoned it. But the parts are probably available < 5000 miles that a way. However, since it has...

In between vehicles, a moto, a tractor, a rototiller, 3 chainsaws I got enough finicky, always need tinkering gas powered stuff. I like electric, turn on switch and it always runs, no fumes, no tinkering. Built my wood splitter using a 5hp electric motor. Less noise, always starts, no looking...

With the reference to the manufacturer provided up the thread, they are apparently still being made in Japan and doubtful much of anything has changed in the design. http://www.meijiair.co.jp/E_Home/html/comp/E_BASIC_COMPRESSORS.htm So much for the outdated and obsolete argument that keeps...

Pressure pot sandblaster. I have struggled to find a local sandblaster who can get my fab & resto projects blasted in a timely manner and at anywhere near the estimate. 1 week turns to 6 and $75 to $250. So I am just going to do it myself. I have a pasture that is almost pure silt, the spent...

This thread is very funny. Instead of anyone asking any rational questions, like why do you need multiple compressors, or what else is salvageable on that '******' compressor ASSumptions are made and nutty conclusions are drawn. And you know what they say about ASSumptions. ;) The ****** $50...

Only a thick layer of insulation dampens the temperature swings of that mass. Because it loses heat slower, when the outside temp is low, the mass temperature doesn't drop as much, hence it will not recharge as much when the outside temp rises. That is why the more insulation you have the less...

Do you realize that the prime time to be productive and save is those 2 brackets 45-64 and the ave net worth is about $100K for a lifetime of working. $100K isn't much. A year or two out of work, or an illness and it is gone. The median American adult's net worth is $38K, far lower than most...

So you claim Dr. Phil, but you can't even spell hoarder. I buy things and use them, if I don't, I sell them or dispose of them. Everything I have works, or is put into working order in a timely manner. I have a fully equipped shop, lathe, 2 mills, drill/mill, band saws, surface grinder, tool...

Most wealthy make their money in banking/finance/or like,,, keeping the dangling carrot in front of the poor debt slave on the treadmill. Doubtful many get their hands dirty, have ever owned a compressor or hang out in Garage Journal. ;) But the wealth I am referring to is the classic...

Only that is where we are at. The nation has 20 trillion of debt and what capital assets do we have to show for it? Not much, worn out roads, bridges and infrastructure. As individuals most have zero net worth or close to it. And what to they have to show for a lifetime of work? Not much, a car...

Only you are not accounting for the inhabitants of the house not willing to let the interior temp swing all over the place. Instead the interior temp is kept more or less constant through winter. Heat flows through the insulation warming the concrete. Once the concrete has reached it's stable...

LOL, my aren't you overly dramatic.: My interweb analyzed compulsions aside :D, I assure you that I won't be shedding any tears should this end up in the recycle can, nor did I think world peace was going to blossom should it be revived.

You guys are missing the point. :) Grainger installs Champion pumps on some of their compressors, the pumps that Champion has made forever and has parts for, and even aftermarket parts. Ditto all the other well known US brands. Grainger's house Dayton brand are sold and discontinued constantly...

And that is when thermal mass is most effective, when the outside temps swing above and below the desired interior temp.

The concrete only acts as a heat battery when it stores energy from it's temperature increasing, once it has reached it's steady state temp, no additional energy is stored, but simply passes through it. So in a cold climate, in winter, when you have high heating costs like in Chicago the...

2 out of 5, that isn't very good shooting. :lol:

I don't even need the pump, I have several American compressors. The point is the wastefulness of producing stuff that becomes scrap or land fill because of a lack of parts. I find the level of waste in this country offensive. I can't imagine the raw materials, mining, energy, machine work...