lol yeah, You'd have to make a piston assembly from scratch to make it any more effective. The piston in this one is no joke a glorified door stop.

Im about to start work on converting a cheap aircooled pocket bike motor into a workshop air compressor so that should provide some useful insight into making smaller ones from scratch.

Something like a piston port 2 stroke engine with a reed valve over the spark plug hole all suitably miniaturised down and mated to a big time brushless would be a pretty serious piece of kit me thinks.

BUT in steve's setup even the stock compressor did the job just fine, so this is purely a reliability mod
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maybe graft two compressors together @ 180 to each other to counter the vibes and provide a higher airflow. Coz, you know, if one is fine, two has to be better
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I will switch to CO2 its just a compressor is easier for the long term as you just switch it on.

No cylinder rental ect ect. When I want moar powah I shall move on.

Steve
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There are people in NSW at least who will sell you the tanks
no monthly rental.

We got a largeish argon cylinder for $400 or so, which sounds expensive, but the rental was almost that much a year, so if we have it for a year and a bit it pays for itself.

Refills were fairly cheap still as well i forget the name of the place but i know i mentioned it in the past.

@glen, if you want some cheap "shop air" get an old air conditioner or fridge compressor and a fire extinguisher or something as storage, they are really helpful, as you can use them for vacuum as well. Put a squirt of WD40 into the intake before running it each time and it'll last ages.

Also they are pretty much silent.
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Carbon-Dioxide-CO2-Gas-Bottle-Cylinder-Home-Brew-6-0kg-/320764221977?pt=AU_Barware&hash=item4aaf099a19#ht_3989wt_1141

Tempted.

Does anyone see any issues with filling cylinders from an inverted tank if it doesn't have a dip tube? Obviously I am more likely to get crap from the bottom of the tank in the cylinder but I am willing to run that risk.
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All I know is that c02 will look great in slow mo..he he!
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You shouldn't get crap in food grade CO2. You might be able to install your own dip tube. You could rent a D sized cylinder for just under two years for the purchase and postage so a good deal if you intend to keep using CO2.
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Everybody always likes new toys.

Yep still needs lots of work yet though.
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Looks genius!
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http://s1113.photobucket.com/albums/k510/s_martin87/?action=view&current=b8bdb020.mp4

video is too shit to bother youtubing but you get the idea
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so accurate .....I want one that does that!
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Lol as far as CNC goes its very very inaccurate. So much backlash.
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the cool sound effects make up for that!
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