Re: Random Thoughts
Posted by shinyribs on
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Just showing off.....
Found a smoking deal ($50) on a brand new compressor head at the flea market several months ago. Put it on my air compressor, but the pulley is massive compared to ''stock''. It turned horribly slow and the belt was having a hard time gaining traction since the huge pulley was spreading the belt so far open, causing it to barely contact the drive pulley. I wanted to step up from a 3.25'' dia. to a 4.5'' diameter pulley and also take advantage of the two-groove on the new compressor head. Cheapest pulley I could find that fit my motor was gonna be $85. Odd size. Screw that. So I did this.
Fixed! Drained the tank (overdue) and it took 4 minutes to refill the 60 gallon tank. The compressor still sounds like it's running slow, but any bigger pulley will work the motor too hard. It's pulling 5 amps while running, so I'm happy with the setup. :)
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Random-Thoughts-tp4037480p4056392.html
Just showing off.....
Found a smoking deal ($50) on a brand new compressor head at the flea market several months ago. Put it on my air compressor, but the pulley is massive compared to ''stock''. It turned horribly slow and the belt was having a hard time gaining traction since the huge pulley was spreading the belt so far open, causing it to barely contact the drive pulley. I wanted to step up from a 3.25'' dia. to a 4.5'' diameter pulley and also take advantage of the two-groove on the new compressor head. Cheapest pulley I could find that fit my motor was gonna be $85. Odd size. Screw that. So I did this.
Fixed! Drained the tank (overdue) and it took 4 minutes to refill the 60 gallon tank. The compressor still sounds like it's running slow, but any bigger pulley will work the motor too hard. It's pulling 5 amps while running, so I'm happy with the setup. :)
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