Compression - Show Off Your Compressor

[Lu-Max]

Do you happen to have a model number on the magnetic starter?

Sorry I missed this, I was distracted by the two massive images.
It's an Eaton B27CGF30B040 (DPMS).

*edit* Just an FYI, the QT-54 is on sale on Northern Tool for $50 off, I watched this thing for 6 months before buying it and this is the first time I have seen a sale price. They were nice enough to refund the price difference to me with their low price guarantee so I got the sale price also.

 

[csmitty]

Craigslist find. At first I went and looked at a Gardner Denver 1-1/2hp (probably) decided it probably wouldn't be enough cfm for me. I think this might do the trick.

Even came with an extra pump. Not to shabby for $200 (provided they can be saved, fingers crossed)

Tank stamp, haven't looked inside yet. But its thick.

The extra pump is a Leroi Dresser 660A. Which I assume, was probably originally installed on the tank. So my thought is something is up with it. Though it turns over by hand just fine.

The other is a Kellogg American 452TVX. It shoes evidence of some will leakage but turns over by hand as well.

(sorry, seems it came out blurry)

No motor, which was fine as it was probably 3ph anyway. With the pressure lube and lifesaver feature of the Dresser, I might put that one into service. With a 7.5hp motor @125psi I should be almost at 40cfm

Also, be careful when moving around large tanks. We pulled the Kellogg before moving the tank and when moving the tank we had the angle to tight on the chain and it slipped the hook. Took a mounting foot to the toe. Titanium toes did their job, sadly, need to be retired.

 

[akdiesel]

csmitty

Nice grab. Is that an 80 or 120 gallon tank? Close call on the toe too.

 

[csmitty]

csmitty

Nice grab. Is that an 80 or 120 gallon tank? Close call on the toe too.

Made a quick model of it in ProE and it seems to be about a 120 gallon. About 400lbs. Really was hoping for a vertical for space reasons in my small garage. Might still look for one and save this horizontal for later. Or if dad wants it at his office.

 

[LUKE221]

Here's a couple of pictures of part of one of the compressors i work on, but they are not actually in my garage
The're made by a company called Sulzer Burckhardt, put out 1600cfm, at 2000psi, have five seperate compression stages, are watercooled between stages and require an 800hp electric motor to drive them.

That is one SERIOUS compressor

 

[Mr.GrinchSD]

Central Pneumatic 2 stage 5HP with aftercooler

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[InterpreDemon]

Put up with an oil-less 3/4hp portable racket-maker for years until all the pieces finally came together for this project. Brewed up from a $60 NOS (new on shelf since 80's) Quincy X8 pump off eBay and a $90 used Baldor 1hp motor. Already had a really excellent Lytron heat exchanger coil that had escaped the periodic dumpster "consolidations" for a few decades (originally aimed at a solar project), so I got a pair of 220v fans (again eBay, $65) and formed up a proper mating plenum for the Lytron to make it all look and work like a real "downtown" after cooler. The back end of the air manifold goes through the wall to a 120gal galvanized, heavy gauge well tank I have used for years with the portable. Now all is nice and quiet as she putts along, can't even hear it outside the garage, and it delivers about 3.5 CFM running at rated power. Only trick other than selecting the proper motor pulley and a power factor correction cap to run at rated power and minimal current, was to add pulse dampening for the pressure switch and main gauge since I really didn't want to run a second line out to the tank just for the pump output. All in all, well worth the time and money, wish I had done the upgrade about 20 years ago.

Edit: Just for kicks, I added two pics of a redundant air plant I built to power the pneumatically lifted glass panels at a high-end watch store in Manhattan a couple years ago. Converted the whole store from a Far East designed and made, Ho-Chi-Min gear motor, cable and pulley nightmare, to a simple, reliable ingenious American pneumatic solution. Due to unattended location in plenum space and mission critical nature (A flagship Longines store), fully redundant air plant with little rocking-piston pumps, dual check valves, dual switches, etc. was in order. I was originally going to use one of these little pumps for my garage, but they only can make 90psi at minimal CFM... very quiet and reliable but even with a 120 gal tank it's just too small.

 

[Tomar2]

This is an awesome thread.....lots of great ideas and compressors.
Thank you for sharing!

 

[Steve in Mi]

This is an awesome thread.....lots of great ideas and compressors.
Thank you for sharing!

You are right, lots of good info. Welcome to the Garage Journal Board!

 

[C96]

Lol… Enjoying some Maker’s Mark I see

Welcome to the Garage!

Cheers

 

[casmurbax]

I bought this 9 years ago. I was just using a hose connected to it for quite sometime.

I finally added the piping last year.

 

[hogdaddy]

Here's mine.

 

[C96]

I bought this 9 years ago. I was just using a hose connected to it for quite sometime.

I finally added the piping last year.

That a boy, some people understand it! Perfect example! Properly maintained, this setup will virtually eliminate all water at the service points.

Great Job!

 

[csmitty]

So. I'm starting to get some pieces put together for my setup from above. I found a 80gal Husky tank on CL for $50. Made in 2013 and the inside likes great. The top plate is a bit small though so I was planning on extending it a bit by welding on another bent C plate and bracing from underneath (if necessary) It depends on the spacing needed between the pump and the motor. Is there a general distance that works well or just as the situation determines? I don't want to move the pump out to far as its heavy and want to keep the COG inside the profile of the tank for stability.

Also it seems my 660a pulley might not be orignal as its a 3 groove and it should have come with a 2. Looks to be a bit bigger as well but I'm not in front of it at the moment. At least it wasn't swapped to speed it up.

 

[wantacoe]

Here my old mutt compressor. The tank is a Kellog American, ge 5 hp motor and an Eaton compressor. IIRC, it is 22 cfm @ 90 psi. Since I don't have a separate compressor room I get my intake air from outside.

 

[InterpreDemon]

Seems like an unnecessarily large and complicated hanger for your torch striker

 

[wantacoe]

Lol, I had to look for that, good eyes. I was actually looking for that striker yesterday. The torch is just to the right of the compressor.

 

[C96]

Love the avatar, is the vette yours?
Looks like an old ’59 gasser.
Wouldn’t mind seeing some pics of that bad boy

 

[wantacoe]

I wish they were mine. That is just a pic I found on the net.

 

[rick carpenter]

See it this will help page 43 & 44

https://www.miltonindustries.com/uploads/Milton_Catalog_August_2011.pdf

That's a great information resource, -Looks like Milton has updated their catalog..It's to bad you can't purchase direct form the factory. It can be difficult at times finding a re-seller that has the right affiliations with Milton in order to corner the stuff your after lol. That's just the way it has been in my experience, but hey, its getting better...Slowly. Their products are top notch.

I've always utilized an old Milton 1626 Ferrule Crimper to make up specific length lines with High Flow Milton swivels. You can quickly throw an air hose set-up together that looks professional.. You know, without those bulky band or compression clamps. They have those on page 75 in the PDF. Had one for about 10 years and it has really come in handy.

Try Northern Tool for Milton. I went to Northern today for some V components, they have a fair selection of Milton components. They might be willing to order parts you want.

Another option perhaps... I went to Fastenal yesterday. I don't have an account there but wanted them to order in an Eaton 1/4" npt bulkhead fitting for me. They'll have it Mon by noon, and I can pay for it then. Who knows, maybe they'd do Milton too?

 

[timdp]

Ye old (1986) Craftsman 220, 5 hp, 20 gallon, used lightly over the past 29 years.



This weeks find: Sanborn 60 gal vertical compressor with a cool intake silencer and replacement 1.5 HP 120/220v motor currently wired for 120v. Will probably use the tank as additional capacity and use the motor to replace the dead one on my table saw, although 1725 rpm may not work. Anyone know anything about this Sanborn unit?

 

[Lu-Max]

Anyone in the east bay looking for a monster compressor? Saw this on Oakland C.L. today: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/tls/5009677692.html

 

[1Garageman]

Anyone in the east bay looking for a monster compressor? Saw this on Oakland C.L. today: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/tls/5009677692.html

"100 cfm @175 psi. The motor is a 25 hp Baldor electric motor. "
Wow what a deal!

 

[Gunpilot]

Just picked up this vintage Keystone last week. Needs some work on broken fittings, but it does work. Trying to identify the vintage. 1.5hp motor. Tank looks to be bigger than 60 gallons, maybe 80?

 

[DRRummel]

Just picked up this vintage Keystone last week. Needs some work on broken fittings, but it does work. Trying to identify the vintage. 1.5hp motor. Tank looks to be bigger than 60 gallons, maybe 80?

That will clean up nicely.

 

[Ilikeike]

My Dayton that I bought new about 20 years ago,for home use.


I replaced our 5~6 old Ingersol with this Champion a few months ago,so we could run the new blast cabinet a little better at work.

 

[Lu-Max]

I just finished installing my QT-54 today.

There was a lot of noisy vibration between the belt/fan guard and frame, so I added a layer of thin. dense rubber between all of the contact points. It eliminated all of the vibration noise. I also added custom corner brackets to the cage that made it much stronger along with an Eaton magnetic starter and a Hobbs meter.

Here is the Tsunami bottom tank drain setup:

Also, the Tsunami drain for the aftercooler. Not pictured is the fan shroud that I built for the EBM-Papst fan to AKG cooler:

 

[RuknRole]

Dewalt 15 Gal, 1.6 HP, 200 PSI max, 5 SCFM @90 PSI, oil free portable air compressor. Got it for less than $100 a few years back at HD due to the slightly bent handle bracket. Does everything I need for home garage use.

 

[Chngalay]

That is a nice setup, Lu-Max..

 

[rick carpenter]

Here is my little 8 gal / 4 scfm @ 90 psi / 12.5 amp oiled Husky I got in April. Since in addition to garage duty it will drive nailers on worksites, I chose it for those specs especially the amp draw. A couple of mods make it a little more rugged: I changed the plastic wheels to steel wheels and routed a copper line from the regulator to a bulkhead mount I fabbed attached to the motormount. I added a 90 degree fitting on the air filter to cut down on the noise some but it had no effect so I took it off. Next mod will be a 25' 12/3 replacement power cord as soon as I can find a black one. It uses Milton V fittings.

It's worked really good near/at the top of its capacity with an air chisel at the end of 50' 3/8" + 50' 1/4" line taking up ceramic tile in the house. It spits out kinda rusty looking condensate from the tank when I drain it though.

 

[south_paw]

I picked this up at a yard sale.

Me too! These are Sprayit model 460's. Built in the mid to late 40's. Single cylinder with an internal reserve tank. 45 psi is max, CFM's ??? No clue but it can't be more than 2 or 3.

I will be restoring mine soon. Love the look of these compressors!

 

[akdiesel]

Lu-Max

Nice design and air compressor.

 

[BUGTHUG]

Is the drain thing something you added or did it come with the tank? where does it run too?

I replaced our 5~6 old Ingersol with this Champion a few months ago,so we could run the new blast cabinet a little better at work.

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[Lu-Max]

I added the water separator and the tank drain. It's quite humid where I live and a compressor tank will get a lot of condensate build-up in it. The purple one is a water separator that removes water after the aftercooler before it goes into the tank (it's automatic, no electricity), and the silver one removes any leftover moisture from the very bottom of the tank (it is also automatic, operated pneumatically). Both are from the Tsunami line from GoSuburban.com.

 

[engineer2]

I just want to say thanks for the tip to put hockey pucks under the air compressor feet. $2 each at ****'s Sporting Goods.

 

[BigNuge]

I just want to say thanks for the tip to put hockey pucks under the air compressor feet. $2 each at ****'s Sporting Goods.

What size tank/compressor do you have? Just wondering if there is a limit to how much weight the hockey puck will withstand...lol

I'm getting ready to start my compressor (IR 80 gallon/7HP @ 600+ lbs) install and want to get the base figured out.

Thanks


Sent from Taptalk

 

[1Garageman]

I just want to say thanks for the tip to put hockey pucks under the air compressor feet. $2 each at ****'s Sporting Goods.

Thanks for the tip on where to buy them!

 

[paigej]

We don't have a whole lot of hockey around here, so mine runs on michelins

 

[finn]

Is the drain thing something you added or did it come with the tank? where does it run too?

I replaced our 5~6 old Ingersol with this Champion a few months ago,so we could run the new blast cabinet a little better at work.

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My Champion is circa 1972-75 (can't remember exactly) and it has a similar stand-up drain, so it's been around for a long time.

It shows up as a standard feature in current ebay ads.

 

[BearsFan315]

Love the Tires

I am cleaning up a compressor I recently got from craigslist, and just bought the parts to make me some vibration/ leveling mounts as my floor is NO where near LEVEL or SMOOTH. Craigslist Kobalt Compressor PickUp

I found some rubber mounts that will support up to 180 lb each, they also have 300 & 600lb each same size just different composition. bought a set for a guy at work as he has the 80 gallon version of my Kobalt and will be doing something similar.

Will post pictures once i get it situated and the mounts built.

... this forum cost me MONEY !!