Hi All,
I've just come into the possession (legally!) of a Simair Airbox compressor. I have no manual though, and a visit to the
Has anyone else here had experience of these compressors? It is an oil one (apparently), rectangular, slightly smaller than an Rkive box... What I really need is the manual...
TIA,
Ian J.
"Ian J." wrote | Hi All, | | I've just come into the possession (legally!) of a Simair Airbox compressor. | I have no manual though, and a visit to the
Hi Ian, I have one of those, but also no manual - what was it you need to know? I haven't used mine much yet but have got a reasonable knowledge of how they work.
Ivor
Well, basically everything about them, which was why I wanted a manual. Safety instructions, how it works, what oil it needs and where to put it, etc, etc, etc. I've never used an airbrush before, let alone one connected to a compressor, so I need help from the ground up...
As yet I don't have the airbrush tho, I'm still undecided as to which make/model is best in the long run (I don't want to buy something only suitable for an amateur, bearing in mind I am going to be making a fair bit of use of it). A friend of mine had the compressor sitting doing nothing, and it is on 'permanent loan' to me in exchange for a midi keyboard I wasn't using...
Ian J.
Google returns only a couple of results, with the page indicated above as the homesite. A looked at the cached webage doesn;t show any links to manuals but does give contact details as :
SIMAIR GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT LIMITED RICHMOND HILL, MARKINGTON, HARROGATE, HG3 3PQ U.K. TEL: 01765 677880 FAX: 01765 677889
Suggest you give them a bell or drop them a snailmail asking for a hardcopy.
HTH
Jeff.
"Ian J." wrote
| > Hi Ian, I have one of those, but also no manual - what was it you | > need to know? I haven't used mine much yet but have got a | > reasonable knowledge of how they work. | >
| > Ivor | >
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| | Well, basically everything about them, which was why I wanted a manual. | Safety instructions, how it works, what oil it needs and where to put it, | etc, etc, etc. I've never used an airbrush before, let alone one connected | to a compressor, so I need help from the ground up... | | As yet I don't have the airbrush tho, I'm still undecided as to which | make/model is best in the long run (I don't want to buy something only | suitable for an amateur, bearing in mind I am going to be making a fair bit | of use of it). A friend of mine had the compressor sitting doing nothing, | and it is on 'permanent loan' to me in exchange for a midi keyboard I wasn't | using... | | Ian J.
If you have no luck getting a manual, post back here if you need to obtain any specific info - special oil *is* required, I got mine from someone supplying ABAC compressors, and is ABAC branded with the name ISO VG 100. I think Simair supply their own type as well.
There is a sight glass in the motor unit to show oil level. You should open the Air tank drain cock after each use to release any moisture build-up. If I remember rightly the air regulator was fairly straight-forward to set up.
It's a nice compressor by the way - smooth and quiet. Bit heavy though.
In the meantime, I'll check my files as to the possible presence of a manual - I'm now getting a vague memory of having read it before.
Ivor
Now that's good contact info! Many thanks Jeff, I will snail them for a copy of the manual.
Ian J.
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It is fairly heavy, I agree, and quite bulky. But my friend said it was very quiet and since he wasn't using it, I couldn't pass up the offer. Thankfully I had a car to bring it home with me (we live 120 miles apart!).
Jeff has provided address details for Simair so I will write to them by snail to see if I can get a manual, and any other maintenance info that might be useful.
Many thanks for the advice given tho.
Ian J. Ian J.
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