I seem to recall reading somewhere that compressors and airtools needed to be oiled, or something, regularly. I ask because my compressor doesn't seem to be providing the oomph that it used to. So, what's the procedure? -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work.
....because some are strictly oil-free. -- Jeweller R100RT Formerly: James Captain, A10, C15, B25, Dnepr M16 solo, R80/7, R100RT (green!) www.davidhowardjeweller.co.uk
It should have dipstick on the compressor bit. Needs topping up or changing as required (yours will need changing). Needs SAE30 compressor oil. Take off the plastic shroud and there'll be an air filter, a bit of foam - my money's on it being clogged. Drain the reservoir. Tools need a couple of drops of air tool oil down the air inlet (except painting stuff) - I usually do it before using them. This may help: ftp://sweller.dynalias.org/pub/manuals/misc/sip-direct-drive-compressor-manual.pdf
What? There's oil in the compressor? Wow. I wonder where. Almost certainly. Done that bit. uh huh. Visit to MachineMart probably reqd. Ooh ta. That looks very much like mine, tho mine was a Halfords special. -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work.
Air tools yeah, because compressing air squeeses water out of it and that fucks up air tools pretty quickly. Youo can get an in-line oiler for that though. Sort of a snotoiler for tools it is. compressors? Well I've been running a 90cfm compressor for the last 5 years and I've not got a clue where the oil goes. Could just be bollocksed. There's a dip stick on all the 'pressors I've ever used and I've even pulled it out of one, but it didn't need any oil so I shoved it back in and forgot about it. Never touched that compressor since either. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
Nitromors for gunged guns. Works a treat if it's left to soak (seal out, of course) and then an overnight soak in thinners after cleaning the Nitro off and you've got a gun wot looks like new again. Sounds like you've got a compressor like mine. One that thrives on neglect -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
Any thin oil will be ok for lubricating air tools but if you're visiting MachineMart then a filter/lubricator set is always a good idea...
Sewing machine oil is perfectly acceptable in an emergency. Actually pretty much the same as purpose-made stuff, and sometimes to be found in wife/mother/SO's sewing basket. Rattle gun I bought some time back actually came with an in-line oil reservoir/distributor. I don't normally bother, as for two sets of car wheels on & off, which is all I normally use it for, manual application is much easier. And it means I don't get oil in the lines and have to get another set specifically to use for paint applications. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com) \`\ | /`/ `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
