[TheForge] Compressor options

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When you coming to Milwaukee?

Dave Brown wrote:

> 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
>
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