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Acouple of instructables on building air sources

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:48 pm
by DeathBlade
Well I just got around to finishing two short instructables one is a homemade air compressor, and the other is a co2 OBA(on board air) system I made for some offroading. I know that the instructions are short and leave alot of gaps, but both are more like guide lines than anything else. I'll be editing them with more information as time goes on. So what you think?

http://www.instructables.com/id/EY3GR8TS7EEYVZD42V/

http://www.instructables.com/id/EVXQPGH99ZEX502RI1/

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:51 pm
by Pete Zaria
Posting links to them so that we could see them would be nice....

Peace,
Pete Zaria.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:53 pm
by jrrdw
What do we think of what? Your idea??? Where are the instructables? I don't see any in the above post.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:05 pm
by risto
'A' for effort?

links maybe? im confused.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:20 pm
by DeathBlade
Fixed it, I'm stupid some days and forget things.

If those links dont work, use the ones on my website www.deathblog.co.nr

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:34 pm
by jrrdw
Well, honestly, it's a good thought, but impratical. The C02 would run out very fast working with air tools, and the aircompressure is just reconfigured with a old propane tank for air storage. Good try though. It shows your thinking.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:42 pm
by imablackskater
great thoughts but i would never try it

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:41 pm
by itwentboom
What is it with everyones spelling?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:35 pm
by shud_b_rite
Where I live there is no way I could get all that gear for $50

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:57 am
by jrrdw
itwentboom wrote:What is it with everyones spelling?
Point out what your talking about.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:22 am
by Recruit
imablackskater wrote:great thoughts but i would never try it
risto wrote:'A' for effort?

links maybe? im confused.
Well Blade They look ok at the least they are insperation.

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:27 pm
by Infernal2
The air compressor is a great idea but why not just find a high flow electric air pump from an air compressor at the same junk yard, replace the seals, and reuse that. Or if you really want to make one use an compressor from an old fridge and attach that to your propane tank.

Not to down you but it isn't really instructions but more of a few pictures and parts labels.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:05 am
by jrrdw
Infernal2 wrote:The air compressor is a great idea but why not just find a high flow electric air pump from an air compressor at the same junk yard, replace the seals, and reuse that. Or if you really want to make one use an compressor from an old fridge and attach that to your propane tank.

Not to down you but it isn't really instructions but more of a few pictures and parts labels.
Those old refridgarator compressores wont pump enough air to get what anybody needs for filling air storage chambers. They compress liquid well but not air.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:06 am
by VH_man
what if you hooked a bike pump to a spinning wheel to make it do that "pumping" action. its like a backwards crank. would that work as a compressor? becuase i could defiently do that, and then i could reach 200PSI......!!!!!

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:16 am
by Infernal2
jrrdw wrote:
Infernal2 wrote:The air compressor is a great idea but why not just find a high flow electric air pump from an air compressor at the same junk yard, replace the seals, and reuse that. Or if you really want to make one use an compressor from an old fridge and attach that to your propane tank.

Not to down you but it isn't really instructions but more of a few pictures and parts labels.
Those old refridgarator compressores wont pump enough air to get what anybody needs for filling air storage chambers. They compress liquid well but not air.
I disagree as the one I made runs on a fridge compressor and fills an eighty gallon tank in about ten minutes. Maybe not as fast as a big one but eighty gallons in ten minutes is fine for me.