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Syberia

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8 gal oiled compressor from Harbor Freight. This thread makes me feel so inadequate... lol

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My Quincy. Going from memory, it's an 80 gallon, 230v, two stage, single phase 5 hp. In storage now back in the states while I finish my tour here in Korea.

 

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Saving floor space. The line runs up and over to a reel that hangs from the middle of the garage

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My rebuilt last winter, 20 year old, 5hp 60 gallon Campbell Hausfeld
 

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hayhauler71

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Where did you find the rebuild parts? My CH was bought in the early 90's from Harbor Freight, and it seems to be taking a longer time to pump up.

CH parts department had all the parts in stock. Mine took a long time to pump up and found a broken part in the valve assembly. I honed mine new rings , valve kit and gaskets and seals $70.00 shipped to door
 

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My Quincy. Going from memory, it's an 80 gallon, 230v, two stage, single phase 5 hp. In storage now back in the states while I finish my tour here in Korea.



I almost shiat my pants! I have almost the same unit xcept that it's a pressure lubricated unit and 7.5 hp motor. I hope you put some dissecant in it. I had an older ch unit that after 3 yrs in storage, it developed a pin hole in the tank. I poured some linseed oil inside my tank to coat the bottom in order to delay any rust from messing my beautiful Quincy. I drained it for several days and is all good. Now I have to work on getting that moisture down. Too g'damned humid in the PNW area.
 

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Here's a compressor I picked up off a demo job a few weeks ago. This is what I started with:



I knew it needed to replace the motor with a single phase, but unfortunately the tank had several pinholes, and interior inspection showed a lot of rust, so a new Steel Fab tank was added. It's a Kellogg American 332 pump with 5HP Baldor motor, the original 4 3/4" pulley was replaced with a 6 3/4" for a pump speed of 647 RPM. According to the pump chart, that should put it about 20CFM @ 175psi.









http://kelloggcompressor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/LP332-SPC.pdf
 
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TK LP, do you have the website/supplier for your replacement tank, my compressor and tank is a minimum of 30 years old.

PM me or post it for the others

Thanks
 

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Here's a compressor I picked up off a demo job a few weeks ago. This is what I started with:

I knew it needed to replace the motor with a single phase, but unfortunately the tank had several pinholes, and interior inspection showed a lot of rust, so a new Steel Fab tank was added. It's a Kellogg American 332 pump with 5HP Baldor motor, the original 4 3/4" pulley was replaced with a 6 3/4" for a pump speed of 647 RPM. According to the pump chart, that should put it about 20CFM @ 125psi.

Very Nice, I have a 335 and it's great. Very quiet too.
 

TK LP

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TK LP, do you have the website/supplier for your replacement tank, my compressor and tank is a minimum of 30 years old.

PM me or post it for the others

Thanks

Sure, I ordered it through Compressor World, this is the tank page:

http://www.compressorworld.com/air-tanks.html

It was manufactured about 6 hours from me at:

http://www.samuelpressurevesselgroup.com/en/Divisions/Pages/Steel-Fab.aspx

This is the tank:

http://www.spvgtools.com/media/steelfab-pdf/A10032 REV 9 UNCONTROLLED.pdf

Freight was $108.00, to a depot about 1/2 hour from me. I could not have gone to pick it up that cheap.
 

danny_barkley

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Sure, I ordered it through Compressor World, this is the tank page:

http://www.compressorworld.com/air-tanks.html

It was manufactured about 6 hours from me at:

http://www.samuelpressurevesselgroup.com/en/Divisions/Pages/Steel-Fab.aspx

This is the tank:

http://www.spvgtools.com/media/steelfab-pdf/A10032 REV 9 UNCONTROLLED.pdf

Freight was $108.00, to a depot about 1/2 hour from me. I could not have gone to pick it up that cheap.

I'm curious why you didn't switch to vertical? It uses so much less floor space.
 

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that kellogg 332 turned out real nice! not a fan of the stickers, but the rest of the job couldnt get any better
 

TK LP

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I'm curious why you didn't switch to vertical? It uses so much less floor space.

Yeah, horizontal space. I have a smaller garage, and while the floor space is premium, so is shelf space. I have a high ceiling, and utilize a lot of shelving for storage, and the compressor sits under shelving. The longer top plate I'd need to accommodate the belt guard wouldn't save me that much space horizontally. And the primary reason is that when I convert the garage to paint booth mode, I can put the saddle feet on furniture dollies and rotate the compressor 180 degrees out to the driveway, keeping the motor out harms way from flammable vapor. The compressor is tethered to the disconnect with a portable power cord, and I use a longer hose to connect to air. I know I could do this with a vertical tank, but the pump is 200 lbs., and the motor and belt guard add another 100, I think a vertical would be more top heavy than I want to move around. For impractical reasons, I think horizontal compressors are much more esthetically pleasing than verticals. If I ever get a bigger garage, I'll put it on a proper housekeeping pad.

that kellogg 332 turned out real nice! not a fan of the stickers, but the rest of the job couldnt get any better

I guess that's the hot rodder in me, I had to make it mine.
 

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I'd like to see a close up on your intake filter adapter to the compressor head. I need to add a better filter to mine, but the opening is rectangular on the head.
I used a small piece of 1/4" plate to make a flange, then crushed the end of a piece of 1" black pipe and welded it on to make an adapter for my craftsman.
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AussieDan, do you have more pictures of the blue air line kit ? How do you like it? I'm thinking about buying some, they have a sell this week at Northern tools. A kit with 100' and 2 connecters for $79.00
 
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I'd like to see a close up on your intake filter adapter to the compressor head. I need to add a better filter to mine, but the opening is rectangular on the head.

Here you go hope it helps
 

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Thanks for the pictures from both posts. THe current filter is a friction fit, there are no threaded holes. The cooling fins are open on the back side, so will likely build adapter plate, then drill and tap the fin. I'll use studs for mounting the plate.
 

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AussieDan, do you have more pictures of the blue air line kit ? How do you like it? I'm thinking about buying some, they have a sell this week at Northern tools. A kit with 100' and 2 connecters for $79.00
It worked ok but I could never get it to hold pressure when the compressor was off, I ended up installing a 1/4 turn valve on the outlet of the compressor and got into the habit of shutting it off when I left the shop.
 

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Just brought mine home 80 gallon craftsman


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I need some serious cleaning in the garage to get a picture of mine installed... but this is what I have, an Atlas Copco Directair LT7 5HP 80 gal...
 

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I need some serious cleaning in the garage to get a picture of mine installed... but this is what I have, an Atlas Copco Directair LT7 5HP 80 gal...

NICE!!! How heavy is that?

My heavyweight. 247 pump.



Finally got it on pucks. Not often you see a puck sqeeeesh

 

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:thumbup: Just got this one last week, still need to wire it up and run the plumbing for the air lines. I needed this upgrade bad.
 

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