[TheForge] air comperssor specs (ot)

[Tod Estes]

I am using a 1968 Sears paint sprayer compressor. It has a small tank and
compresses to 80 PSI. My old miller uses 50 psi. The compressor cycles
frequiently but works like a champ.
Quoting "Kenny O." <phat at cavenet.com>:

> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>
> >Kenny,
> >
> >"Bar" is a pseudo-metric unit of pressure.  1 bar ~ 1
> >atm ~ 15 psi.
> >
> >The spec you quoted says nothing about air consumption
> >(which is what SCFM is all about).  You'll have to
> >find that out separately.  I don't know much about
> >plasma cutters, but I don't think they use all that
> >much air.  (In fact, I thought they used nitrogen, not
> >air.  But whaddo I know?)
> >
> >Bruce
> >NJ
> >
> >
> Bruce
> I have probably cut a hundred or more miles of product with p-cutter and
> I don t know much about them
>
>
>
> ..."Plasma is often referred to the fourth state of matter.
>     When a solid is continuously heated it turns into a liquid ,
>     then into a gas, and finally into plasma--an electrically
>     conductive gas."
>     The Backyard Blacksmith (L. Sims).
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Tod Estes

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