More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html
Replace the motor with a 2 HP 1 phase and be
happy for a long, long time, would be my advice.

--Winston

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:21 -0800, Winston wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html Replace the motor
with a 2 HP 1 phase and be happy for a long, long time, would be my
advice.

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start caps
and run at reduced HP.

I was looking at this, too, but without knowing where it's been it's hard
to know:

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2709025964.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:45:27 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:21 -0800, Winston wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html Replace the motor
with a 2 HP 1 phase and be happy for a long, long time, would be my
advice.

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start caps
and run at reduced HP.

I was looking at this, too, but without knowing where it's been it's hard
to know:

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2709025964.html

The second one is bigger, but has NO guarding on it. So if you have kids
or grandkids or kittens/puppies ..one would have to be very careful
about using it with them around. And given its condition..one wonders
about valves and rings.


One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:32:53 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:45:27 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:21 -0800, Winston wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires
and painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html Replace the
motor with a 2 HP 1 phase and be happy for a long, long time, would be
my advice.

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start
caps and run at reduced HP.

I was looking at this, too, but without knowing where it's been it's
hard to know:

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2709025964.html

The second one is bigger, but has NO guarding on it. So if you have kids
or grandkids or kittens/puppies ..one would have to be very careful
about using it with them around. And given its condition..one wonders
about valves and rings.

This one certainly wondered about valves and rings!!

And I hadn't noticed the lack of guards, but that's a good point. It
could be retrofit -- at the cost of time I'd rather spend doing other
things.

--
www.wescottdesign.com

Tim Wescott wrote:

(...)

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start caps
and run at reduced HP.

We all need to think more like Iggy, Tim:

Iggy: Very funny!
Iggy:
Iggy: I have a 10 HP Quincy and I paid $200 for it.

The real answer is to buy the Quincy for $50:

1) Invest some sweat equity to clean it up and test it.
2) Offer it on eBay for say $1500:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250817510391
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160684112073
3) Buy a few decent compressors with the profits.


--Winston

On 2011-11-21, Winston wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:

(...)

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start caps
and run at reduced HP.

We all need to think more like Iggy, Tim:

Iggy: Very funny!

What I found funny is the idea of putting a 2 HP motor on a 10 HP
QUincy.

Iggy:
Iggy: I have a 10 HP Quincy and I paid $200 for it.

The real answer is to buy the Quincy for $50:

1) Invest some sweat equity to clean it up and test it.
2) Offer it on eBay for say $1500:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250817510391
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160684112073
3) Buy a few decent compressors with the profits.


--Winston

yep...

On 11/21/2011 7:52 PM, Ignoramus19887 wrote:
On 2011-11-21, wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:

(...)

$50 is actually pushing the "play" budget a bit, it's just that I'm
getting damn tired of rattle-can paint jobs. So $50 + a motor is a bit
hard to swing, unless I can trade the 3-phase motor for a 2-phase, or
unless there's a _cheap_ and reliable way to cobble it up with start caps
and run at reduced HP.

We all need to think more like Iggy, Tim:

Iggy: Very funny!

What I found funny is the idea of putting a 2 HP motor on a 10 HP
QUincy.

Iggy:
Iggy: I have a 10 HP Quincy and I paid $200 for it.

The real answer is to buy the Quincy for $50:

1) Invest some sweat equity to clean it up and test it.
2) Offer it on eBay for say $1500:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250817510391
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160684112073
3) Buy a few decent compressors with the profits.


--Winston

yep...


actually, if you put a 1/4 HP motor on it (with proper reduction) you
would have a much better compressor than one of those buzzy little
things - in fact a old "free' washing machine motor will run it just
fine, just well below capacity - that will be a very efficient
(thermodynamically) compressor

Ignoramus19887 wrote:
On 2011-11-21, wrote:

(...)

We all need to think more like Iggy, Tim:

Iggy: Very funny!

What I found funny is the idea of putting a 2 HP motor on a 10 HP
QUincy.

He needed 40 PSI. That would have done it all day, all night.
Even if it required a jack-shaft to adjust for lower
RPM at sufficient torque:
http://209.85.48.9/2428/142/upload/p3275451.jpg

Iggy:
Iggy: I have a 10 HP Quincy and I paid $200 for it.

The real answer is to buy the Quincy for $50:

1) Invest some sweat equity to clean it up and test it.
2) Offer it on eBay for say $1500:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250817510391
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160684112073
3) Buy a few decent compressors with the profits.


--Winston

yep...

I like the second idea better too.

--Winston

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:21 -0800, Winston
wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html
Replace the motor with a 2 HP 1 phase and be
happy for a long, long time, would be my advice.

--Winston


Im not terribly sure a 2hp motor will turn that compressor. It would be
rough for a 5hp pulley'd down.

The Emerson is older than dirt and is very very small, but they were
fairly rugged, and for the task..that would do just fine assuming the
pump was still ok. If the motor dies..it may not be easy finding a
replacement.

If you cant talk him down from $50...it would be ok for your usage

I gave a very similar one away not long ago that was about the same
size. Guy is using it for..tires and RC car painting G..works fine for
him.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:21 -0800,
wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html
Replace the motor with a 2 HP 1 phase and be
happy for a long, long time, would be my advice.

--Winston


Im not terribly sure a 2hp motor will turn that compressor. It would be
rough for a 5hp pulley'd down.

Put a 5:1 jack shaft on it. It would work just fine.

But as I mentioned, first prize would be to just clean
it up and sell it for huge money.

--Winston

On 2011-11-21, Winston wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

Offer this guy 50 smackers for his Quincy:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2712497825.html
Replace the motor with a 2 HP 1 phase and be
happy for a long, long time, would be my advice.

Very funny!

I have a 10 HP Quincy and I paid $200 for it.

i

Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html


That looks like a dentists compressor.

--
Steve W.

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
...
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com


Look at some of the very small compressors from the cheap auto places and
use an old Propane tank for a resrvoir?

On 2011-11-21, Dennis wrote:

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
...
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com


Look at some of the very small compressors from the cheap auto places and
use an old Propane tank for a resrvoir?

And spend the price difference for earplugs. :-) Good belt
driven compressors are *much* quieter in operation than the oil-free
ones.

Unless you mean the really small ones designed to pug into the
cigarette lighter socket (if you still have one) to refill tires on the
road. And those take forever to move much air. Totally useless for
painting. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...
On 2011-11-21, Dennis wrote:

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
...
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com


Look at some of the very small compressors from the cheap auto places and
use an old Propane tank for a resrvoir?

And spend the price difference for earplugs. :-) Good belt
driven compressors are *much* quieter in operation than the oil-free
ones.

Unless you mean the really small ones designed to pug into the
cigarette lighter socket (if you still have one) to refill tires on the
road. And those take forever to move much air. Totally useless for
painting. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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They are certainly noisy - Once I forgot to turn mine off at the power
point, I'm sure the neighbors were impressed with it coming on at 3am when
the air leaked down. Had to drag myself out of bed to shut if off.

I was thinking of the small ones for running airbrushes. Your'e right about
the tyre compressors - all pressure and no volume.

On 2011-11-22, Dennis wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...
On 2011-11-21, Dennis wrote:

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
...
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html



Look at some of the very small compressors from the cheap auto places and
use an old Propane tank for a resrvoir?

And spend the price difference for earplugs. :-) Good belt
driven compressors are *much* quieter in operation than the oil-free
ones.

Unless you mean the really small ones designed to pug into the
cigarette lighter socket (if you still have one) to refill tires on the
road. And those take forever to move much air. Totally useless for
painting. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.




They are certainly noisy - Once I forgot to turn mine off at the power
point, I'm sure the neighbors were impressed with it coming on at 3am when
the air leaked down. Had to drag myself out of bed to shut if off.

I was thinking of the small ones for running airbrushes. Your'e right about
the tyre compressors - all pressure and no volume.



A 10 HP Quincy compressor is no less noisy.

i

Ignoramus8003 wrote:

(...)

A 10 HP Quincy compressor is no less noisy.

At 350 RPM, the Quincy would be quieter.
Cleaned and sold, it would be *much* quieter.

--Winston

Dennis wrote:

(...)

I was thinking of the small ones for running airbrushes. Your'e right about
the tyre compressors - all pressure and no volume.

Refrigerator compressors are very quiet.
http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUS...p/t-13477.html

I wouldn't attempt to inflate a tire with one, though
it'd be excellent for airbrush use, with proper filtering.

--Winston

Winston fired this volley in
:

I wouldn't attempt to inflate a tire with one, though
it'd be excellent for airbrush use, with proper filtering.

It would work fine, if you had the time! G

LLoyd

Winston wrote:
Refrigerator compressors are very quiet.
....
I wouldn't attempt to inflate a tire with one, ...

I made a mini compressor using a dorm-room refrigerator compressor and a
5lb (1 gal) propane tank. I keep it in the shed and use it for
inflating garden equipment tires. The 1 gal tank is enough that I don't
have to wait for the compressor. Weighs maybe 15 - 20 lbs. I didn't
even use a pressure switch - I just turn it off when a 60 psi pop-off
valve vents.

Beats the **** out of a hand pump G.

Bob

I do refrigeration, and HVAC work. I've used refrigerator
compressors for inflating tires, and airing up expansion
tanks. They work fine. A bit slow, but they do work. Some
times, the compressor won't start if there is a lot of back
pressure in the discharge line. If the compressor is
properly upright, very little oil gets into the air. And the
water separator should take care of that.

Just for fun, one time I brazed a fitting onto the discharge
line of a compressor I took out of a refrigerated
merchandiser. Piped it to the high side of my gages. I got
up to 400 PSI before I chickend out and pulled the plug. The
SCFM isn't great. But, you can turn the compressor on long
before the job, and fill a huge expansion tank.

The lube oil is essential. However, it's often possible to
drain the refrigerator oil that absorbs moisture from the
air. Put in the same volume of ND-30, which works a lot
longer.

--
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"Winston" wrote in message
...


Refrigerator compressors are very quiet.
http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUS...p/t-13477.html

I wouldn't attempt to inflate a tire with one, though
it'd be excellent for airbrush use, with proper filtering.

--Winston

On Nov 21, 1:51*am, Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". *I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--www.wescottdesign.com

I've picked up several compressor motors of that style that were not
putting out much air until
the head had been removed and the reed valves cleaned, didn't need any
new parts and aren't
real complicated, just be sure to reassemble correctly (hopefully
some one else has been there
already and mis-assembled it).

Just a tip - if you go to look at it, pick it up off the ground a
little bit and kind of wobble it back
and forth, if it seems half full of water that may give you a clue as
to whether to get it, or a
bargaining point if it feels like it's got water in it.

"mike" wrote in message
...
On Nov 21, 1:51 am, Tim Wescott wrote:
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--www.wescottdesign.com

I've picked up several compressor motors of that style that were not
putting out much air until
the head had been removed and the reed valves cleaned, didn't need any
new parts and aren't
real complicated, just be sure to reassemble correctly (hopefully
some one else has been there
already and mis-assembled it).

Just a tip - if you go to look at it, pick it up off the ground a
little bit and kind of wobble it back
and forth, if it seems half full of water that may give you a clue as
to whether to get it, or a
bargaining point if it feels like it's got water in it.

================================================== ===============

I picked a nice clean unit (probably less than 12 months old) from the hard
junk verge collection a few months back.

I pressed the reset button on the motor & away it went. Runs fine!

mike wrote:
Oops, that should read 'not mis-assembled it'

real complicated, just be sure to reassemble correctly (hopefully
some one else has been there
already and mis-assembled it).

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

It's a nice little wobble-piston oilless that should be plenty for a
homeowner. You can get parts for it if you need to, the head is
either Gast or Thomas or Speedaire. And check the tank for signs of
huge rust or pinholes - you don't patch leaking and rusted-out
pressure vessels, you replace them. (Or try to sell them off to
someone else.)

Forget the big 10-HP 3-Ph unless you're planning to work on cars and
need that much air - you would need at least a 7-1/2 HP single-phase
motor and a sheave change to use it at a residence - or a rotary phase
converter. Forget a static, they don't put out enough power.

And the third one looks Real Rough. Wouldn't even think about it
unless it's hooked up and running.

-- Bruce --

From the looks of that, appears to be an oilless. I'd be
tempted to take that same $50 and go buy one at Harbor
Freight, and get a warranty. I have their three gallon
pancace compressor. I think it's $80 retail, and it's
usually on sale. I use it for airing up tires, once in a
while. With the regulator, I also used it to air up the
sports balls at church. And, on full blast, it can be used
to blow dust out of condensors for refrigerated equipment.
The blow gun, hose, etc, cost me another $25 or so.

--
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"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
...
More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not
broken, worn out,
or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems
that won't
show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for
filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

--
www.wescottdesign.com

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
30 years ago still works fine as of the last time I tried it.

RogerN

Sounds like you did good. A real machinist, building tools
as you go.

Please look for an oil sight glass, and drain plug. The old
lube oil they used to use absorbs water from the air.
Replace the lube oil with ND-30 if you have the time,
energy, and interest.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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"RogerN" wrote in message
m...

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
30 years ago still works fine as of the last time I tried
it.

RogerN

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:37:47 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Sounds like you did good. A real machinist, building tools
as you go.

Please look for an oil sight glass, and drain plug. The old
lube oil they used to use absorbs water from the air.
Replace the lube oil with ND-30 if you have the time,
energy, and interest.
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

Gerald Miller wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:37:47 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Sounds like you did good. A real machinist, building tools
as you go.

Please look for an oil sight glass, and drain plug. The old
lube oil they used to use absorbs water from the air.
Replace the lube oil with ND-30 if you have the time,
energy, and interest.
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

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

--
WB
..........


"Winston" wrote in message
...
Gerald Miller wrote:
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

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't turn.
I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the slow leak
from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check valve, and
found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be 're-checked'.

Oh well.

--
My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook.
My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook.
Why am I not happy that they have found common ground?

Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software
http://www.wescottdesign.com

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires and
painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't turn.
I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the slow leak
from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check valve, and
found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be 're-checked'.

Oh well.


If it runs and pumps, the rest is fixable.

(If it did not run, it could be fixable also, just not a given)
i

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:32:55 -0600, Ignoramus12217 wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires
and painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't turn.
I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the slow leak
from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check valve, and
found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be 're-checked'.

Oh well.


If it runs and pumps, the rest is fixable.

(If it did not run, it could be fixable also, just not a given) i

Yup. It looks like the check valve is even made to be maintained, so I
may be able to fix it without either total disassembly or buying
replacement parts -- this is a good thing, because the compressor
purchase has inspired purchase of spray guns, hoses, etc. -- I just need
a regulator and to clean up the nice used guns I bought, and I'm ready to
paint.

--
My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook.
My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook.
Why am I not happy that they have found common ground?

Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software
http://www.wescottdesign.com

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:32:55 -0600, Ignoramus12217 wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires
and painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't turn.
I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the slow leak
from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check valve, and
found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be 're-checked'.

Oh well.


If it runs and pumps, the rest is fixable.

(If it did not run, it could be fixable also, just not a given) i

Yup. It looks like the check valve is even made to be maintained, so I
may be able to fix it without either total disassembly or buying
replacement parts -- this is a good thing, because the compressor
purchase has inspired purchase of spray guns, hoses, etc. -- I just need
a regulator and to clean up the nice used guns I bought, and I'm ready to
paint.


I do not think that it is the check valve that is the culprit.

i

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:55:44 -0600, Ignoramus12217
wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:32:55 -0600, Ignoramus12217 wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems that
won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires
and painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't turn.
I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the slow leak
from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check valve, and
found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be 're-checked'.

Oh well.


If it runs and pumps, the rest is fixable.

(If it did not run, it could be fixable also, just not a given) i

Yup. It looks like the check valve is even made to be maintained, so I
may be able to fix it without either total disassembly or buying
replacement parts -- this is a good thing, because the compressor
purchase has inspired purchase of spray guns, hoses, etc. -- I just need
a regulator and to clean up the nice used guns I bought, and I'm ready to
paint.


I do not think that it is the check valve that is the culprit.

i

Unloader stuck?

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:55:44 -0600, Ignoramus12217 wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:32:55 -0600, Ignoramus12217 wrote:

On 2011-12-06, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:51:27 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote:

More accurately: would it be worth anything if it's not broken, worn
out, or otherwise trashed, and how likely is it to have problems
that won't show up immediately?

Nameplate says "Emerson". I'd be using it mostly for filling tires
and painting model airplanes.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/2700954509.html

Update:

When I bought it I made sure that it got plugged in and came up to
pressure. What I _didn't_ do was bleed off some air and make sure it
started again -- which it doesn't. It tries, but the thing don't
turn. I thought "this thing needs a blow-down". Then I heard the
slow leak from the compressor head, deduced the existence of a check
valve, and found the check valve. Presumably it just needs to be
're-checked'.

Oh well.


If it runs and pumps, the rest is fixable.

(If it did not run, it could be fixable also, just not a given) i

Yup. It looks like the check valve is even made to be maintained, so I
may be able to fix it without either total disassembly or buying
replacement parts -- this is a good thing, because the compressor
purchase has inspired purchase of spray guns, hoses, etc. -- I just
need a regulator and to clean up the nice used guns I bought, and I'm
ready to paint.


I do not think that it is the check valve that is the culprit.

On disassembly, the check valve revealed a nice little spring, a nicely
polished seat where the ball goes -- and no ball.

Methinks it's the check valve...

--
My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook.
My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook.
Why am I not happy that they have found common ground?

Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software
http://www.wescottdesign.com