I got a call today from my college chum Dave that a family member's house was being sold and they were cleaning out junk. He said that there was an air compressor I could have. If I didn't grab it, the thing was headed for the scrapper. I've wanted an air compressor for some time and this baby was perfectly budgeted for me...zero dollars.
I asked if he could plug it in and see if it worked just to save myself the 60 mile drive if it was total junk. Dave plugged it in and it went puck-puck-puck, the pressure gauge started to move and I jumped in my truck like my hair was on fire.
This is a neat piece! It was sold as a Dayton Speedair compressor. It is a 20 gallon unit I believe. Built in 1961, it features a Wayne cast iron pump and a Westinghouse electric motor.
The compressor runs and does build (and hold) pressure. There's some hill-jack wiring that needs to be fixed as well as some of the original wire that needs replacing. It also needs all the rat crap and gunk cleaned off of it. My plan it to pull it all apart and "restore" it this winter. It'll be a fun project.
I'm going to drill a hole in my foundation and run a hard line under my porch with a quick-connect fitting on the end at my driveway. That way I'll be able to plug my hose into the house and have air at my al fresco shop (my driveway).
Most normal people don't give a rat's ass about this stuff, but I knew you dudes and dudettes would be into it because we're all the same kind of weird. :D
I asked if he could plug it in and see if it worked just to save myself the 60 mile drive if it was total junk. Dave plugged it in and it went puck-puck-puck, the pressure gauge started to move and I jumped in my truck like my hair was on fire.
This is a neat piece! It was sold as a Dayton Speedair compressor. It is a 20 gallon unit I believe. Built in 1961, it features a Wayne cast iron pump and a Westinghouse electric motor.
The compressor runs and does build (and hold) pressure. There's some hill-jack wiring that needs to be fixed as well as some of the original wire that needs replacing. It also needs all the rat crap and gunk cleaned off of it. My plan it to pull it all apart and "restore" it this winter. It'll be a fun project.
I'm going to drill a hole in my foundation and run a hard line under my porch with a quick-connect fitting on the end at my driveway. That way I'll be able to plug my hose into the house and have air at my al fresco shop (my driveway).
Most normal people don't give a rat's ass about this stuff, but I knew you dudes and dudettes would be into it because we're all the same kind of weird. :D
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