Tom wrote in
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Marty Escarcega wrote:

Harold is right on, COMPRESSOR, BIG COMPRESSOR!, when I first got
mine and used it, I was in love, until I found my little compressor
wouldn't keep up. I got a two stage DeVilbiss and it does run a lot
but I can keep blasting. I since upgraded and refurbished a nicer
commercial cabinet.
http://members.cox.net/marty-escarcega/blast/blast.html

Nice job on the cabinet Marty, I always marvel at how you can take
what appears to be the worlds biggest POS and make it into something
worth having.

FWIW, the compressor I now have I was able to buy because of somebody
else's purchase of a blast cabinet. Nicely done home built unit, 120
gallon tank, smallish 2 stage pump(Champion??), and a REAL 3hp motor.
The seller claimed it wouldn't keep up with his blast cabinet.
The mistake the guy made was that he had the compressor that was rated
for 900rpm running only about 300rpm, just barely above the unloader
valve govoner speed.
I re-pully'd the setup so the pump now runs at about 800rpm, keeps up
with my
HF blast cabinet just fine especially if I don't try to run at 120psi.
The compressor is set to shut off at 120psi, recycles the 120gal tank
from
90psi 3 times faster than my 2hp 20 gallon CH unit.

Tom



Thanks Tom, I hope that it serves as inspiration. It takes patience and
perseverance. I try and make sure the iron I am starting with is worth
the effort. But its also fun....

Marty