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Spill the beans dude. I wants specifics!!!
I see what I think is a franzinator.
Is that an aftercooler up top????

I have a nice Quincy that I'm finally going to hookup this week and I'm going to is out before it's pressed into service. I already have a franzinator but I fooked up and built it with 1/4 inlet so I'm going to use that one right before my sandblaster and make a new one with 3/8 to go between the compressor pump and the tank.

At any rate that is a badass compressor you got there...

 

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i just raided your photobucket. Cute kid and cat.

And good use of a liter bucket. I use them to hold blasting media.

 

[nismomans13]

my car doesn't have that much -an and stainless stuff on it.

 

[Crawlin]

Only nissan would have AN fittings and braided line on his AC, lol

 

[nissan_crawler]

Only nissan would have AN fittings and braided line on his AC, lol

Honestly though, I have less than $100 in the an lines and fittings, it was quite reasonable. I can also repair any line that breaks in 15 minutes now.

As for the specs:

30 gallon Dewalt Emglo tank
5hp Baldor motor
magnetic starter
3 cyl, 2 stage eaton pump 18 cfm @100 p.s.i.
intercooler made from some damaged baseboard heaters I bought on ebay
Franzinator
Motorguard M-60 air filter
regulator from McMaster

It has the ability to run off a pressure switch (airing tires, impact use), or continuous run with the valve unloaders (sandblaster). Now I just need time to finish the darn thing.

Basically it goes pump - intercooler-check valve-franzinator-tank-motorguard m-60 - regulator

It isn't cheap, but cheaper than something comparable, and the biggest thing...I needed a big compressor in a little package, which you can't buy.

As for the kid, that's my nephew, he got a real set of tools for his third birthday and wouldn't touch the rest of his presents. I'm training him well. He's coming for Thanksgiving, he'll spend an hour going through my toolbox seeing what tools he "needs".

The hairballs are all mine.

 

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That is way too cool about your lil nephew. Job well done Sir.

Now on to business. I have a Quincy that I got at a great deal but I don't know a whole lot about compressors. Yet...

I will be doing a lot of blasting in the near future but I most of the time I'll be using the compressor "normally". I got the air filtration and drying part all figured out. But you have peaked my interest into how to setup my compressor so that I can do the interval thing or the continuous while blasting.

What are the benefits? If you leave it on interval won't it just run constantly if needed while blasting? Is there any drawback to this? Just the constant starting and stopping not healthy for the compressor I'm guessing...

At any rate you have done a badass job if creating the right tool where there was no pre-configured available option. Your beast looks badass. And that stubby tank is funny looking.

 

[nissan_crawler]

The benefits of continuous run is that when the tank hits max pressure, rather than stopping the motor, it opens the intake valve of the pump and pumps air in and out of the intake valve on the pump, keeping the pump cooler. The cooler you can keep the air, the better. It's also easier on the motor than constant starting/stopping.

I *think* (it's not quite done yet) that mine would cycle on and off with sandblasting when running off the pressure switch. I don't think I'll use all 18 cfm, we'll see. I've been running it off a 6.4 cfm compressor. One and a half minutes to sandblast, three to recharge.