From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 06:06:25 PST
At 12:31 AM 10/15/2003, Bill Kealey wrote:
>Jeff and the rest of the group,
>
>I am getting set up to do some major body work on my M38A1, replacing metal
>that has been lost to rust, dents and dings.
>
>This idea of connecting two air compressors together is very interesting to
>me. I have two Sears compressors and have trouble with both of them keeping
>up with air sanders and grinders when doing metal work. I have been running
>them both at the same time and switching them back and forth as they run out
>of air pressure. I don't know what sizes the compressors and motors are
>but they are two different sizes with the smaller one having a 20 or 25 gal.
>tank and the larger is around 30 gallons. I may have to experiment with
>this.
>
>How do you think is best to connect the two compressors?
>
>My guess is to use a pipe "tee" connector hooked up two quick disconnects
>which would allow both to be used at the same time but would allow them both
>to be used seperately (I have three small hobby type shops that I am working
>with) without making the other unusable. But would this cause problems with
>the more powerful compressor forcing compressed air backwards into the
>smaller compressor?
check valves would fix the deal of diff prasher settings if there is any
teeing them both into same line is a grate deal
i have seen 5-6 did that way
and thay was 5 horse 1 stage
both 1 stage or both 2 stage would work
or a check valve at the outlet of the 1 stage and feed that into the 2
stage tank
>Is there a way to hook one of the compressors exhaust to the intake of the
>other? Would this make a noticeable difference in the final output?
no you dont what too do that
unless you have to havbe like 300-500 lbs
than it takes knowing what is going on
ez to over load the 2ed compressr motor
ken
>Thanks for another simple but overlooked idea.
>
>Bill K.
>MVPA #24623
>1954 USMC M38A1
>1972 US Army M35A2 non-turbo w/winch
>1985 USAF M105A2
>
>
> > I like his idea of twin compressors. I had a Sears five horse single stage
> > and some one gave me a second. I run them both when blasting and they keep
>up
> > fine. If you already have a compressor which is not enough to blast with,
>it may
> > be cheaper to buy a second compressor of similar size to use when a large
> > volume of air is called for instead of spending a grand on a big
>compressor.
> > There is also some energy savings from the large compressor by only
>running one
> > smaller one for general shop duty.
> > Jeff
> > TacticalTruck.com
>
>
>
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