[TheForge] Air cylinders

Tue Jul 16 02:15:00 2002

At 04:36 AM 7/15/02, you wrote:

A note here...the original Portapowers had 2 way pumps and cylinders which 
greatly increases their versitility..PF


>         Shannell, 2 1/2" is about right.  You'd need to put a spring in the
>top of the cylinder for oil return as the portapowers are single direction
>oil flow and then you just release a valve to allow oil to return to the
>pump reservoir.
>         I'm sure something could be put together to make one up.  They are
>pretty cheap at Harbour Freight and places like that though.
>
>Ralph
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Air cylinders
>
>
> > Speaking of portapowers, Ive been wondering if these are something you can
> > build yourself. Ive only seen one in use once, years ago. Is the valving
> > something you can buy off the shelf? or make?  whats the usual cyl size ,
> > seemed to me about 2.5" or so.
> >
> >
> > >         Another question for you would be:  Are these the folks that
>make
> > > the Blackhawk porta powers for body work?
> >
> >
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