Is this compressor worth anything?

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It would work fine, if you had the time!

LLoyd

Yeah, but as another grouper posted: "I don't even buy my bananas green any more".

:)

--Winston

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I made a mini compressor using a dorm-room refrigerator compressor and a

Beats the s*it out of a hand pump .

Bob

I had an ~ 2 Hp direct-drive IR compressor that was so noisy, even with a wooden box over it it still drove everybody out of the house. I now have a 2 Hp Quincy, and you can hold a conversation right next to it, with no muffler at all. I do usually wear ear protectors if around it when it is running a lot, but it is WAAY quieter than the oilless klunker.

Jon

Curiously, my Quincy got QUIETER when I upped the motor. It came with a continuously-on motor and pneumatic unloader, and a 1 Hp motor. The pulleys were set for something like 450 RPM. I got a 2 Hp motor and changed the motor pulley to get 915 RPM and rigged controller to use both unload and motor start/stop as the demand required. The surprise is the compressor was quiter at 900 RPM than

Jon

'Could also be a 'resonance' thing.

--Winston

I do not think that it will work well. At 2 HP, a 10 HP Quincy will be running at about 4x less than the MINIMUM recommended speed. I think that it will not even br properly lubricated.

The oilless compressors should be marketed as burglar alarms (with auxiliary air output).

--Winston

It uses a positive displacement pump for lubrication. I found this on your site:

--Winston

I've decided the right answer is to clean it, test it and sell it for huge money. :)

--Winston

I don't know much about that compressor but I can tell you about my budget compressor, it may give you some ideas.

About 30 years ago I went to an auction of an old service station with a lot of junk. They had an old 2 cylinder Freon compressor welded to a frame, motor was gone. I bought it for $7.50, cleaned out layers of paint in the intake (no filter), opened it up, looked OK inside. I purchased a wal-mart air tank for $30 and enough fittings to connect the compressor to the tank. A friend sold me a 3/4 HP single phase motor for around $5 or $10. The budget went over $50 but I was able to build it a little at a time. Bought a pressure switch and regulator. Nice thing is I can pump it up, disconnect it and still use as a portable air tank.

If it were me I'd take a look at the compressor, may serve you fine for years, whatever gives out, compressor, motor, tank rust,... may not take a lot to keep it running for years of service. My old compressor that I got

RogerN

First thing I did with my little GD head that I bought for $3 was to dump the contents of the crank case (7 oz. water, 7 oz. sludge and 2 oz. of oily substance) and thoroughly wash it out with gasoline. Then I filled it to the fill plug with compressor oil. I have yet to see any indication of oil loss or water contamination. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

One RCM Attaboy, Gerry!

--Winston

It probably depends on the preferred RPM of the compressor in question, too. I'm sure Jon checked that out before upping it.

P.S: Did you see me wave on Monday when I got to NorCal? I was looking your direction from me Mum's in Vallejo. I had a nice Tanksgivin wit fambly.

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

That would depend on how loudly Ig fans all those Benjies, oui?

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

May there be an embarrassing number of them.

--Winston

That was you?

SWMBO screamed "Wave back, you moron! That's Brad Pitt!"

--Winston

Nice save/bargain for Gerry, except for the gasoline used as cleaning solvent, which ain't very smart.