[TheForge] Compressor options

[Dave Brown]

At 20:17 08/29/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave do you need that compressor for something other than the mask?
>I've got another of those blowers for furnace vents that you could use if
>that one you got last year is already in service.
>
>I have a small oil less compressor that makes more noise than my two stage
>compressor.
>
>Mike Graf

Mike, Dave, Ralph, et al ....

Thanks to all for the replies.

I'll be using the compressor for sand blasting and spray painting mostly, 
and a small air hammer (under construction), not to mention other misc. 
pneumatic tools (impact wrench, chisel, sander, die grinder, etc...).  I'll 
be using a cabinet for most blasting, but think that occasionally I'll be 
doing something larger out in the open, or surrounded by a plastic curtain.

One consideration is as you suggest ... use a squirrel cage blower and some 
2" soft flex tube to feed filtered air to the hood/mask.  Then I wouldn't 
have to worry about the oil contamination in the air I'd be breathing.  I 
was talking on the phone last night with Gene Olson (Guild of Metalsmiths) 
and he has a friend who has been doing this for years.

So ... I think I'll take you up on that furnace vent blower that you're 
offering.


Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG