Thread: Using Portercable tanks with paasche compressor

OK here goes, let the flames begin, I have a porter cable 3 1/2hp 4gallon compressor and am wondering if I can adapt it to use my paasche compressor. I can run the little compressor all night long but if I try to run the porter cable...well the kids and wife would be a little bent.

So the question is can I tap into the tanks to use that for constant airflow and can I increase pressure through the tank even though the paasche compressor maxes out at 40psi?

Do I duck now?!?

hairy,

Heck! Good question, but here's what I do. I have my 3HP 8 gallon compressor in the garage and run an air hose, with quick connect, into the house. I leave the regulator on the compressor is set at 100 psi. to build up air in the 8 gallon tank. I have a quick connect at a separate regulator/air dryer in the house. I simply attach it to that inside regulator and adjust the air pressure for the airbrush. Just attach your airbrush hose on the outlet side of the regulator. I'm using a regulator/Air dryer like you can buy at TCP Global and other places. Around $15-$20. You can get a decent 50 ft. 3/8 air hose for about $15 at Wal-Mart. Then you can use your Paasche inside without the hassle of connecting and disconnecting compressors. If the Porter Cable is far enough away, it might not wake the wife and kids. Your neighbors would be another thing!

Jan

Split level ranch with kids sleeping over garage, won't work. Even tried building box around it, muffles sound quite a bit but not enough.

Dots, dots dots, line, dots, dots...oh wait brush isn't in hand.

hairy,

Okay!! You do have a problem. I tried hooking up a slave tank to my small airbrush compressor. I thought possibly I could build a volume of pressure in the 5 gallon slave tank. The biggest problem was it only builds 57 psi. Once I used up the slave tank the compressor would kick in at 40 psi. It ran for a long time, so I was just defeating my purpose of hopefully not running the compressor so much. You just have to get high pressure into the storage tank.

There are compressors that are very expensive, that use what is essentially a refrigerator motor and are very quiet, just like your refrigerator. There are few articles around on how you can build one. Basically you replace the noisy compressor with the refrigerator motor compressor. Just have to do a few things to convert it. You might even get a motor free, if you look around. Let us know what you do.

Jan

Hmm refrigerator motor...I might look into that. I got the compressor when I was working for a construction company, then picked up the little paasche so am not quite sure about building another compressor. I am not worried about running the small compressor all night and from what you said that might work. I realize it won't kick up the pressure, which was something I was hoping for, but I can make do. Thanks for the input.

Still working on dots and lines, not up to daggers yet.

hairy,

Hope it works out for you. Since you were around construction, you sound like you might not be afraid to try the refrigerator motor. I'll look around and find a like for you to view one.

hairy,

I found the step by step for that refrig. motor compressor. It's on Don's other site, Airbrushtechnique.com. I belong to that one also. I Hope this link works. Good luck.

Compressor build



Jan

You guys rock, the link works and well that might just be the ticket. Gonna get laughed at for compressor #3. I think that will be something I mess around with later in the year. Spring is here and got a bit of landscappng to do, damn hate priorities.

Gio,

If you have a better explanation with pictures, why don't you post a separate thread. That way we could just pull it up when and if someone wants to do it.

Did you just use an used motor? Did you change the oil or anything special?

Jan

Originally Posted by Gioart

Hey Jan,

It seems like great minds think alike
It's funny that you mentioned making a compressor out of a fridge pump, because I converted my old loud crappy Jobmate compressor into a silent compressor just three weeks ago.
It's now quiet and works like a charm.

Furthermore, I also used that same thread that you posted as a wiring diagram.
I found allot of info on Youtube as well.
If anybody is interested in making one of these silent compressors, just let me know, as I have allot of pictures and info on how to build one by converting an existing compressor.

Gio

The thread that Jan posted did not work for me. could you post or send your info w/pix?
Thx
paul