desperately seeking compressor for airbrush

Just wondered if anyone had come across a cheap compressor capable of 30PSI for home use with an airbrush (model painting, body art, etc . I have looked at places like screwfix etc but they are all really for use with really high pressure things like nail guns etc.

I have an airbrush but I am sick of paying through the nose for canned propellant which lasts about 10 minutes!

Thanks in advance.

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Mickey
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Machine Mart have some low pressure ones in their range, dont think you will source a new one any cheaper than theirs [£65] Mike D

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I have an airbrush but I am sick of paying through the nose for canned propellant which lasts about 10 minutes!

Thanks in advance.

Reply to
Mike D

Why not buy one of the cheap high pressure ones and then turn up a bit of brass rod with a constricting hole to go in-line?

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Airy R. Bean

In message , Mickey writes

Have you thought of using a high-pressure machine with a regulator? I have a handful of suitable regulators if that is of interest. I imagine that a tankful of 100 p.s.i. air would last all day running an airbrush via a regulator.

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Peter Scales

Try

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He's got two of them, listed separately

Cheers Tim

Reply to
Tim Leech

I have heard that old refrigerator compressors will work ok if you can get one now or I have used a car spare tyre with a suitable adapter with a portable tyre inflate to top up the pressure it will work ok it all depends on your needs

biggles

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biggles

Mickey,

Quite by chance I spotted a small tyre inflation compressor in one of those roving tool sales which crop up in the local hall every so often.

The attraction was that it was priced at only 6.99. With an old spare wheel in circuit I would thing that this would probably get you out of trouble.

The make was Rolson, which seem to specialise in tools and objects for this sort of sale. I note that they have changed their image (now black and yellow) from the blue and red which was so reminiscent of Draper Tools.

Mike

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Reply to
Mike Whittome

Most have a regulator which can be set to lower pressures but the noise the smaller ones make (the GBP50-90 nail gun ones) is dreadful.

Build one using a fridge compressor, see

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an alternative method of keeping the oil in.

You MUST use suitable safety pressure relief valves though - fridge compressors are capable of producing extraordinarily high pressures.

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Peter Parry

A mate of mine powered his airbrush from a lorry wheel (yes with a tyre!) he kept in his back yard. He occasionally rolled it to his local garage for a top up - no regulator that I remember.

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has an alternative method of keeping the oil in.

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Richard Oldfield

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> has an alternative method of keeping the oil in.

I have used an old freezer compressor (capable of about 150 p.s.i.), a large Calor gas bottle, car oil pressure gauge and home-made safety valve combination for twenty years. An oil run-back is essential on the compressor; the automatic starter has been replaced by a manual arrangement.

Note that fridge/freezer compressors won't start under load so some arrangement of valves to exhaust the compressor to atmosphere during start-up is essential.

I use three types of airbrush (two sizes big-jar types true airbrush with cups), all Badger, and they all benefit from higher pressure: 50 p.s.i.g. se ems about right.

Reply to
Tim Christian

Devilbliss used to sell a unit that was just a recieiver ( =fire extinguisher or any gas bottle) and a tyre inflating foot pump. Cheap if you want to keep fit & have time! Mark G

Reply to
Markgengine

Be a bastard getting a 550/45-22.5 back if he lived on the top of a hill

-- Regards,

John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

Reply to
John Stevenson

Yes John, but it's full of air going home.

Mike

Reply to
Mike Whittome

My experience of a number of these is that their total life expectancy is a few hours at best. They have no lubrication and go at a ridiculous speed.

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Peter Parry

I'll endorse that comment - mine failed having pumped up one tyre sucessfully - the connecting rod had broken - it was unlubricated aluminium running on loose steel pins. I made a new steel one, case hardened it bearings points and packed it with grease - has survived a little use since then.

AWEM

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Andrew Mawson

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