anybody know how to figure the cfm for a homemade compressor? 30
gallon tank, emglo GU compressor head, 3 HP marathon motor running at
1725 ROM. motor has a 6 1/4 inch pully and compressor has a 10 1/2
inch pully. it goes from 0 to 145 PSI in 2 minuits and 27 seconds. im
trying to figure out if it will run more than one sprayer. thanks
all...
BTW the compressor head is 4 cylinder.
skeez
"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> anybody know how to figure the cfm for a homemade compressor? 30
> gallon tank, emglo GU compressor head, 3 HP marathon motor running at
> 1725 ROM. motor has a 6 1/4 inch pully and compressor has a 10 1/2
> inch pully. it goes from 0 to 145 PSI in 2 minuits and 27 seconds. im
> trying to figure out if it will run more than one sprayer. thanks
> all...
>
> BTW the compressor head is 4 cylinder.
Might be hard to determine with out knowing the cubic inch displacement of
the pump.
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:06:20 GMT, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> anybody know how to figure the cfm for a homemade compressor? 30
>> gallon tank, emglo GU compressor head, 3 HP marathon motor running at
>> 1725 ROM. motor has a 6 1/4 inch pully and compressor has a 10 1/2
>> inch pully. it goes from 0 to 145 PSI in 2 minuits and 27 seconds. im
>> trying to figure out if it will run more than one sprayer. thanks
>> all...
>>
>> BTW the compressor head is 4 cylinder.
>>
>>
>> skeez
>
>What kind of guns are you going to shoot with? You'll need to consult the
>manufacturer's specs for the SCFM requirements for the guns, but it does not
>take a lot of compressor to run two guns. I'm assuming you're going to be
>spraying woodworking projects? Most spraying does not present a steady load
>to a compressor - it's more on and off, so hooking up two guns is generally
>not a problem.
>
>A question though - why two guns? Though the compressor may likely handle
>it, it's not good practice to shoot with two guns at the same time. Two
>guns means two people and seldom do two people shoot the same way. You're
>more likely to end up with a very noticeable difference where each person
>painted.
the 2 gun theory is for a couple of large projects that need to be
done in short time. possibly 3 guns going at once for a short [week or
2] time. then it will be just me for the most part on small projects.
skeez
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:38:12 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> anybody know how to figure the cfm for a homemade compressor? 30
>> gallon tank, emglo GU compressor head, 3 HP marathon motor running at
>> 1725 ROM. motor has a 6 1/4 inch pully and compressor has a 10 1/2
>> inch pully. it goes from 0 to 145 PSI in 2 minuits and 27 seconds. im
>> trying to figure out if it will run more than one sprayer. thanks
>> all...
>>
>> BTW the compressor head is 4 cylinder.
>
>
>Might be hard to determine with out knowing the cubic inch displacement of
>the pump.
>
yeh i know but since the big lemon yellow company bought emglo its
near imposible to find info for the [real] emglo pumps. lol... gotta
love B&D.the pump is a GU model with 4 cylinders but i cant seem to
find online manuals for it anywhere.. hooked up 3 sprayers this
morning and set em all to 40 psi filled with water and tied the
trigers back with wire. the compressor cycled fine so i guess my
question is answered. should fill my needs just fine. im still curios
though if anybody out there has info for this model pump i would be
glad to have it.
skeez
"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> yeh i know but since the big lemon yellow company bought emglo its
> near imposible to find info for the [real] emglo pumps. lol... gotta
> love B&D.the pump is a GU model with 4 cylinders but i cant seem to
> find online manuals for it anywhere.. hooked up 3 sprayers this
> morning and set em all to 40 psi filled with water and tied the
> trigers back with wire. the compressor cycled fine so i guess my
> question is answered. should fill my needs just fine. im still curios
> though if anybody out there has info for this model pump i would be
> glad to have it.
>
> skeez
I'm curious skeez - what is it that you're doing that requires 2 or 3 guns
spraying at once? I'm picturing three guns hung from the ceiling, triggers
wired back and skeez pushing a cabinet through the mist...
--
-Mike-
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:12:43 GMT, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> yeh i know but since the big lemon yellow company bought emglo its
>> near imposible to find info for the [real] emglo pumps. lol... gotta
>> love B&D.the pump is a GU model with 4 cylinders but i cant seem to
>> find online manuals for it anywhere.. hooked up 3 sprayers this
>> morning and set em all to 40 psi filled with water and tied the
>> trigers back with wire. the compressor cycled fine so i guess my
>> question is answered. should fill my needs just fine. im still curios
>> though if anybody out there has info for this model pump i would be
>> glad to have it.
>>
>> skeez
>
>I'm curious skeez - what is it that you're doing that requires 2 or 3 guns
>spraying at once? I'm picturing three guns hung from the ceiling, triggers
>wired back and skeez pushing a cabinet through the mist...
LOL............... i have three sets of cabinets going at once. its a
pay job at their location. there is no compressor there and the
contractor will be renting mine for a couple weeks. along with payin
my help and myself. i wish i had not opened my mouth but too late for
hindsite. moving the compressor aint gonna be easy. i am working on
puting some wheels on it today.and it goes tomorrow. cant wait till it
comes home to stay. i willl be using my portable here in the interm.
skeez
"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> anybody know how to figure the cfm for a homemade compressor? 30
> gallon tank, emglo GU compressor head, 3 HP marathon motor running at
> 1725 ROM. motor has a 6 1/4 inch pully and compressor has a 10 1/2
> inch pully. it goes from 0 to 145 PSI in 2 minuits and 27 seconds. im
> trying to figure out if it will run more than one sprayer. thanks
> all...
>
> BTW the compressor head is 4 cylinder.
>
>
> skeez
What kind of guns are you going to shoot with? You'll need to consult the
manufacturer's specs for the SCFM requirements for the guns, but it does not
take a lot of compressor to run two guns. I'm assuming you're going to be
spraying woodworking projects? Most spraying does not present a steady load
to a compressor - it's more on and off, so hooking up two guns is generally
not a problem.
A question though - why two guns? Though the compressor may likely handle
it, it's not good practice to shoot with two guns at the same time. Two
guns means two people and seldom do two people shoot the same way. You're
more likely to end up with a very noticeable difference where each person
painted.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]