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crashwg:

--- Quote from: Daniel270 on November 09, 2006, 04:52:57 pm ---I was thinking you could possibly use it to power a paintball mortar?  ;D

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For sure!  You could just attach a large ball valve with a piece of pipe on the other end to the tank, put whatever you want in the barrel, let the compressor fill the tank up then pull the lever.  Awe yea!

ChadTower:

I just picked it up... that is the model, but it has a tank.  A decent sized tank.  I can get a pic up later.  Still attached is a paint sprayer that the woman says her father used to paint their house.

ChadTower:

All this time later, I finally got the chance to fire this bad boy up today.  I'm still learning about compressors.  This one will only hold up to about 40-45psi.  There is a steel plate at the top of the compressor that is about 2" square and held down by screws.  The plate has a pinhole in it and a lot of pressure is escaping through that.  I'm not sure if that is right - would that be a safety valve or a defect in the plate?  It's right in the center but doesn't look like a factory hole.  It looks like a break.  I can get a pic if anyone is interested.

somunny:
Is air constantly escaping from it (even when the compressor isn't running)?  You said it would hold pressure so I'm assuming the air release stops after awhile.  If the pressure slowly drops to zero, I'd think it's a leak.

btw - the link to the model is long-dead, me thinks.  ;)

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: somunny on September 13, 2008, 04:38:53 pm ---Is air constantly escaping from it (even when the compressor isn't running)?  You said it would hold pressure so I'm assuming the air release stops after awhile.  If the pressure slowly drops to zero, I'd think it's a leak.

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Hrm... I didn't think to check that.  In the AM I'll fire it up again and check to see if it leaks right away or waits until the meter hits a certain number.  Seems to me 40psi is awfully low for a max pressure.

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