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| Thread ID: 115719 | 2011-01-31 20:18:00 | substitute for air compressor? | tims (10184) | PC World Chat |
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| 1174113 | 2011-01-31 20:18:00 | I intend to buy a cheap air tool; a brad nail/stapler gun for a one off job but don't want to fork out hundreds on an air compressor as well . The gun's required psi is between 60 to 100psi - My question is can I use a 9 kg BBQ cylinder (filled with air) instead of an air compressor . I've read that a cylinder can take up to 250 psi safely and I do have a air pressure regulator that I can use to control the pressure . Any thoughts on if this will work? Thanks |
tims (10184) | ||
| 1174114 | 2011-01-31 20:27:00 | I have seen an ordinary dive tank air cylinder used with a nail gun so should be possible. | user (1404) | ||
| 1174115 | 2011-01-31 20:58:00 | I intend to buy a cheap air tool; a brad nail/stapler gun for a one off job but don't want to fork out hundreds on an air compressor as well. The gun's required psi is between 60 to 100psi - My question is can I use a 9 kg BBQ cylinder (filled with air) instead of an air compressor. I've read that a cylinder can take up to 250 psi safely and I do have a air pressure regulator that I can use to control the pressure. Any thoughts on if this will work? Thanks You wouldnt get many applications of the stapler. Single phase direct drive compressors are available at places like Repco for $130. The biggest problem with using LPG bottles as air reservoirs is welding in the air connections for the air hose out and fill valve. It can be be fatal. Need to take out the tap completely and purge the lpg with air and flush with water before welding leave full of water when welding. Still very risky and you could be killed by death if some lpg left in bottle. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1174116 | 2011-01-31 21:05:00 | You can buy a reservoir from repco /supercheap etc & take that to your local petrol station & pressurise it from the tyre inflator. There's hardly any difference in cost ( there wasn't when I last saw them ) between a reservoir & a compressor. You don't have to take the compressor to the tyre gauge every 2 minutes. | Phil B (648) | ||
| 1174117 | 2011-01-31 21:16:00 | A safer way maybe to get an old lpg regulator for the connection that thats screws into the bottle. Throw the diaphragm bit away and tee on an Aro female and a Schroeder valve. To get a cheap Schroeder valve cut one out of an old inner tube and silver floss the valve stem into the tee. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1174118 | 2011-01-31 21:22:00 | Depends on how long you want it for ... but check out the cost of hiring a small compressor ... might be easier | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1174119 | 2011-01-31 21:53:00 | If it's a one off job, why not hire the lot? Wouldn't it be quicker & safer than farting around with LPG bottle. Probably cheaper in the longrun too | Phil B (648) | ||
| 1174120 | 2011-01-31 22:41:00 | playing around with an old LPG bottle sounds like a recipe for disaster :( :( :( and it is probably illegal, too |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1174121 | 2011-01-31 23:44:00 | I bought a $150 compressor for a one-off job a couple of years back and surprised myself at how much I have used it since. I wouldn't be without one now. | AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 1174122 | 2011-02-01 02:44:00 | To get a cheap Schroeder valve cut one out of an old inner tube and silver floss the valve stem into the tee. I think you might want sil-fos if it's brazing rather than clean teeth thats required :) |
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