[TheForge] Re: Compressor (Was: OT Threads ?)

Jerry Frost frosty at customcpu.com
Tue Feb 7 12:05:22 EST 2006


From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>


>
> I should have known that, Frosty.  Dang.  And I just got it running,
> too, and came in for a cup of cocoa.  Belt/pulley mismatch, wrong HP but
> right RPM.  Pushes out air and doesn't make any clonking or grinding
> noises.  I guess it's time for a shopping trip to Princess Auto but
> instead I have to take that thing apart?  Dang.
>

Bummer Mike. Just remember to turn it off and set your cocoa down before you 
take it apart.

> Somewhere in the remnants of childish fantasy, I have a recollection
> of a tale where the protagonist pushes a button and a machine just starts
> working.  Probably nothing to it, though.
>

Doesn't apply to any of my stuff. Where'd you hear this story, library, 
movie. . . ? Somebody with that kind of imagination could make a living at 
it.

Thinking about it a little later, I think the third cylinder is a third 
stage.

Of course I couldn't tell for sure without taking it apart. <grin>

Frosty
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